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Reconfigurability Of Manufacturing Systems For Agility Implementation

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Digital Enterprise Technology, (2007)

Abstract

Implementation agility in Manufacturing Systems (MS) is one of the most important objectives for MS considering the complexity of environment. Agility implementation implies new characteristics as well as new implications not considered by the previousMS concept. These are: the dynamic reconfigurability of MS structure (in the first place), pro-activity, the emergence (asinherent features of agility), and the need for integration of resources outside the original MS. These characteristics implyneeds for specific organizational tools and frameworks. The issue is presented in a two-part paper first one presenting therequirements and principles of agility and MS reconfigurability – and the second part presenting two architectures for MSreconfigurability in support of MS agility as well as two applications of the proposed architectures.

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