ENHANCING FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING COMPETENCE

Year 2016, Volume: 5 , 378 - 384, 01.09.2016

Sadudin Ibraimi Abdylmenaf Bexheti Rasim Zuferi Gadaf Rexhepi Veland Ramadani

Abstract

One
of most important aspect that modern technology has managed in area of
manufacturing systems and technologies are Flexible Manufacturing Systems. In a
corporation, the aim is to hold inventory levels at a minimum level, to plan
production by considering a lot of parameters, manufacturing high quality
products and manufacturing the desired goods on time, place and at an
appropriate cost. Flexible Manufacturing Systems has added some advantages to
corporations, due to its manufacturing and marketing advantages. An important component in design and development of
flexibility in a production system is the establishment of appropriate
flexibility measures. A flexibility measure or a set of flexibility measures is
used to determine the level of flexibility in a typical production system at a
given situation.
Although there is economical un-stability, insufficient industry structure or
to high inventory levels, high technologies must be used to respond to changing
demands, to produce high quality goods, to manufacture products at appropriate
price in Macedonia. Macedonia needs to use and manufacture these modern
technologies to compete and survive in international markets.

Keywords

Flexible manufacturing system, production system, operations management, advanced manufacturing technologies, competences

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