Manufacturing Process Design and Costing An Integrated Approach
Contract manufacturing is growing rapidly worldwide and this is creating a need for innovative manufacturing information systems that can effectively integrate process design and costing data in order to allow 'what if' scenario assessments to be done rap
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Simmy Grewal
Manufacturing Process Design and Costing An Integrated Approach
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Dr. Simmy Grewal Simsoft Knowledge Systems Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia e-mail: [email protected] www.simsoftks.com
ISBN 978-0-85729-090-8
e-ISBN 978-0-85729-091-5
DOI 10.1007/978-0-85729-091-5 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936695 Ó Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This work is dedicated to the students and practitioners of Manufacturing Engineering
Preface
Process design is at the heart of all activity, it enables the manufacture of complex products like aircraft to something as simple as preparing a meal at home. This has led to the development of methodologies that aim to capture and formalise process knowledge. For the area of manufacturing process design variant and generative types of methodologies have emerged but the ability to apply process knowledge in an interactive and intuitive manner remains elusive. Those familiar with manufacturing therefore propose a heuristic approach, which is defined as a method of obtaining solutions via exploring possibilities rather than applying sets of rules or algorithms to solve a specific problem. A research project was undertaken to scope this possibility and what emerged from the effort was software that proved to be of value to industry and for teaching in universities, it is outlined here in detail. Chapter 1 provides a perspective of product and process design illustrating the main steps involved. Chapter 2 examines the practice and procedures available and highlights the need for a heuristic approach. Chapter 3 details a new concept for process design based on the parsing of process narrative to separate the key variables involved and to determine their inter-relationships. The concept was engineer
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