Modern manufacturing includes all intermediate processes required for the production and integration of a product's components.
Systems of Manufacturing Industry
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Lean Manufacturing or Lean Production -
Systemic method for the elimination of waste ("Muda") within a manufacturing process
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Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) -
some amount of flexibility that allows the system to react in case of changes, whether predicted or unpredicted
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2 types of FMS -
i) machine flexibility
ii) routing flexibility
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Single-Piece Flow -
continuous flow one piece flow - just-in-time manufacturing
Integrated Automation -
all processes functioning under computer control
Other Supporting Systems / Methods -
Zero Defect Quality System, Single Minute Exchange of Dia, FMEA, Kaizens, Poka –Yoke