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Software tools for FMS and FAS preliminary design: an industrial case study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Ing. Adriano De Luca
Affiliation:
Managing Director, Eicas Automazione S.p.A., Torino (Italy)

Abstract

SUMMARY

A complete industrial case study is presented, including FMS machinery selection, preliminary production planning, layout and transportation design and performance evaluation, after pallets quantity and fixtures mix optimization.

The case refers to an actual preliminary design performed to submit an offer for a System to a potential customer.

The aim of the paper is to show the impressive help coming to FMS and FAS designers from the use of effective software tools, very easy to deal with, very quick and highly reliable in their quantitative evaluations.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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