TY  - BOOK
AU  - ElMaraghy,Hoda A.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
SN  - 9781848820661
AV  - TJ241 
U1  - 670 23
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Computer aided design
KW  - Machinery
KW  - Industrial organization (Economic theory)
KW  - Business planning
KW  - Manufacturing, Machines, Tools
KW  - Industrial Organization
KW  - Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, SMME) and Design
KW  - Organization/Planning
KW  - Robotics and Automation
N1  - Vision and Future Prespectives -- Manufacturing Systems -- Product and Production Development and Co-Development -- Global Competitiveness and Sustainability.-Enterprise and Knowledge Management; License restrictions may limit access
N2  - The changing manufacturing environment requires more responsive and adaptable manufacturing systems. The theme of the 4th International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual production (CARV2011) is "Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability". Leading edge research and best implementation practices and experiences, which address these important issues and challenges, are presented. The proceedings include advances in manufacturing systems design, planning, evaluation, control and evolving paradigms such as mass customization, personalization, changeability, re-configurability and flexibility. New and important concepts such as the dynamic product families and platforms,co-evolution of products and systems, and methods for enhancing manufacturing systems' economic sustainability and prolonging their life to produce more than one product generation are treated. Enablers of change in manufacturing systems, production volume and capability scalability and managing the volatility of markets, competition among global enterprises and the increasing complexity of products, manufacturing systems and management strategies are discussed. Industry challenges and future directions for research and development needed to help both practitioners and academicians are presented
UR  - http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio9389556
ER  -