Comparative Analysis of Traditional Production Systems with Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Year 2016, Special Issue (2016), 374 - 378, 01.12.2016

Tarkan Koca , Serhat Aksungur

https://doi.org/10.18100/ijamec.280362

Abstract

 Nowadays technology is developing rapidly and the adaptation of emerging
technology to daily life is very fast. Within this context, production
technologies are developing rapidly and parallel to this production
instrument's costs are decreased. In this way, producers can make investments
more easily by getting current technology.

In parallel with
industrial development, some parameters such lost time, labor, raw materials
must reduce. When considering expected product variety, especially modification
on the produced product is a difficult process. Revising of the production
system according to the final product is substantially increased the amount of
lost time. In addition, in this revision process previously realized investment
is becoming inert and this quite increases costs. It is almost impossible the
creation of a separate production line for each product in a company which has
a lot of variety of products. Nowadays in this needed speed production process,
instead of conventional production systems flexible manufacturing systems began
to be preferred in the industry.

In this study,
functions, components and the overall structures of the flexible manufacturing
systems are described. Differences between traditional production systems and
flexible manufacturing systems, and the advantages relative to each other were
examined. In the study, Flexible Manufacturing Systems Laboratory within the
Inonu University Arapgir Vocational High School was taken as an example.

Keywords

Flexible manufacturing systems, traditional production systems, factory organization.

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