This study aims to verify the impacts of flexible manufacturing capabilities and logistics capabilities, with mass customization as a dual mediator, on the performances of Taiwan photoelectric companies. Respondents are from department supervisors and managers. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to fit the overall pattern of the structural model and measurement mode in this study and fo...

The architectural level plays a major role in the engineering of computer based systems. Having proper means for representing the architecture of a system is a crucial element of large system development efforts as it reduces the amount of uncertainty among the involved stakeholders. This paper presents a systematic approach called FMC (Fundamental Modeling Concepts) to describe the conceptual ...

An analysis of optical properties of fundamental-mode in waveguide tapered fibers is theoretically investigated and realized in this paper. The waveguide device is tapering an SMF-28 fiber to few tens of micrometers of diameter. For discussing the cladding size of waveguide structure affects the fundamental-mode cutoff (FMC) and the optical characteristics of the devices, to etch outer cladding...

This paper presents a vocabulary of concepts and a corresponding graphical notation called Fundamental Modeling Concepts (FMC) to describe the conceptual architecture of large and complex software systems. The main objective of this approach is to improve knowledge exchange, at the architectural level, between the participants of software development projects using a semiformal graphical notati...

There has been some uncertainty concerning the conditions under which a manufacturing system may be termed 'flexible'. To clarify this confusion eight types of flexibilities are defined and described. A FLEXIBLE Manufacturing System (FMS) is an integrated, computer-controlled complex of automated material handling devices and numerically controlled (NC) machine tools that can simultaneously pro...

One of the major problems confronting the search for efficiency in flexible manufacturing systems is the problem of loading and scheduling. This abstract presents a new method to solve such problems. The methodology, which is based on the use of genetic algorithms, allows simple codification of problems and thus facilitates its use. Two kinds of solution are proposed – that is, loading and sche...

The aim of this survey is to introduce Computer science/Petri nets specialists to the basic system level issues brought up by the development of Flexible Manufacturing and how Petri nets are used to aid the production engineers in their work. After some terminology concerning production engineering, the hierarchical decision and control level is briefly reviewed. Finally, the role and the prese...

BACKGROUND Early reperfusion in the setting of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is of utmost importance. However, the effects of early versus late reperfusion in this patient group undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have so far been inconsistent in previous studies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate in a nationwide cohort the effects of delay from f...

The paper presents problems arising during developing algorithms controlling workpiece flow subsystems in a flexible manufacturing system. The necessary signals as well as the general algorithm responsible for worpiece flow in a flexible manufacturing system were defined. On the basis of a structure of a flexible manufacturing system developed at the Institute of Manufacturing Engineering of Sz...

For the last 15 years, phased array has completely changed the face of ultrasonic non-destructive testing. This now-mature and widely adopted technology allows highly efficient inspections to be carried on critical components in aerospace, oil & gas, heavy industry and power generation plants. The Full Matrix Capture (FMC) technique is an upcoming and promising application of the phased array t...