In this study we use a thermodynamic framework to characterize the material and energy resources used in manufacturing processes. The analysis and data span a wide range of processes from "conventional" processes such as machining, casting, and injection molding, to the so-called "advanced machining" processes such as electrical discharge machining and abrasive waterjet machining, and to the va...

By the early 1990s, the functions of complex materials such as composites, ceramics, and semiconductors had multiplied, and their importance to various manufacturing industries had escalated. Despite this expanded role, intelligent manufacturing of complex materials was based on techniques known to a handful of manufacturing engineers rather than on defined methods. To find more efficient and l...

The manufacturing domain can be characterized by the concepts of product, process and resource. The coordination of humans, machines and materials is needed to attain a desired product by using knowledge, time, money and energy optimally. Business processes define such coordination. Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is an industry standard for modeling business processes. This standard...

Emerging manufacturing processes to generate regenerative advanced therapies can involve extensive genomic and/or epigenomic manipulation of autologous or allogeneic cells. These cell engineering processes need to be carefully controlled and standardized to maximize safety and efficacy in clinical trials. Engineered biomaterials with smart and tunable properties offer an intriguing tool to prov...

This paper describes an approach, based on the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) that assists decision makers or manufacturing engineers determining the most appropriate manufacturing process to be employd in manufacturing of composite automotive bumper beam at the early stage of product development process. There are 5 types of processes under consideration namely injection moulding (IM), res...

In the situation of shortened product life cycles, modular product design enables organizations to adapt to unanticipated changes in their environments. This study extends modular systems theory to manufacturing process design and posits that: (i) firms can design their manufacturing processes for the same product into either an integrated or modularized structure, thereby being agile in dynami...

ABSRTACT Basically involvement of modularity in the manufacturing of products produced some effects extensively in development. This Paper presents a methodology of modular based design in different conceptual stages of manufacturing system to support modularity. The results of the study will identify that how the modularity also influence the time and cost factors by functional changes in proc...

number: 002-0302) The article deals with the decision problem faced when a firm is producing items with different life cycles, and/or in different cycle phases. Then, deciding on a Manufacturing Strategy (MS) becomes especially difficult, because usually different manufacturing processes are considered optimum for different products. An analysis of the suitable manufacturing process can result ...

Many of the issues in managing complex business processes are shared by the management of industry, manufacturing processes. Both operate in open, dynamic environments, and both have to cope with continually changing performance. Two issues are the choice of the basic software architecture to manage the processes and the adaptivity mechanism that enables that architecture to operate well when p...