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Ch 1 Introduction
Sections:
1. Production Systems
2. Automation in Production Systems
3. Manual Labor in Production Systems
4. Automation Principles and Strategies
5. Organization of the Book
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Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Third Edition, by Mikell P. Groover. 1
The Realities of Modern
Manufacturing
 Globalization - Once underdeveloped countries (e.g.,
China, India, Mexico) are becoming major players in
manufacturing
 International outsourcing - Parts and products once made
in the United States by American companies are now
being made offshore (overseas) or near-shore (in Mexico
and Central America)
 Local outsourcing - Use of suppliers within the U.S. to
provide parts and services
More Realities of Modern
Manufacturing
 Contract manufacturing - Companies that specialize in
manufacturing entire products, not just parts, under
contract to other companies
 Trend toward the service sector in the U.S. economy
 Quality expectations - Customers, both consumer and
corporate, demand products of the highest quality
 Need for operational efficiency - U.S. manufacturers must
be efficient in in their operations to overcome the labor
cost advantage of international competitors
Modern Manufacturing Approaches
and Technologies
 Automation - automated equipment instead of labor
 Material handling technologies - because
manufacturing usually involves a sequence of activities
 Manufacturing systems - integration and coordination
of multiple automated or manual workstations
 Flexible manufacturing - to compete in the low-
volume/high-mix product categories
 Quality programs - to achieve the high quality expected
by today's customers
 CIM - to integrate design, production, and logistics
 Lean production - more work with fewer resources
Production System Defined
A collection of people, equipment, and procedures

organized to accomplish the manufacturing
operations of a company
Two categories:
Facilities – the factory and equipment in the facility and
the way the facility is organized (plant layout)
Manufacturing support systems – the set of procedures
used by a company to manage production and to solve
technical and logistics problems in ordering materials,
moving work through the factory, and ensuring that
products meet quality standards
The Production System
Fig. 1.1
Production System Facilities
Facilities include the factory, production machines and

tooling, material handling equipment, inspection
equipment, and computer systems that control the
manufacturing operations
 Plant layout – the way the equipment is physically
arranged in the factory
 Manufacturing systems – logical groupings of
equipment and workers in the factory
 Production line
 Stand-alone workstation and worker
Manufacturing Systems
Three categories in terms of the human participation in
the processes performed by the manufacturing system:
1. Manual work systems - a worker performing one or
more tasks without the aid of powered tools, but
sometimes using hand tools
2. Worker-machine systems - a worker operating
powered equipment
3. Automated systems - a process performed by a
machine without direct participation of a human
Manual Work System
Fig. 1.2 (a)
Worker-Machine System
Fig. 1.2 (b)
Automated System
Fig. 1.2. (c)
Manufacturing Support Systems
Involves a cycle of information-processing activities that
consists of four functions:
1. Business functions - sales and marketing, order entry,
cost accounting, customer billing
2. Product design - research and development, design
engineering, prototype shop
3. Manufacturing planning - process planning, production
planning, MRP, capacity planning
4. Manufacturing control - shop floor control, inventory
control, quality control
Information Processing Cycle in
Manufacturing Support Systems
Fig. 1.3
Automation in Production Systems
Two categories of automation in the production system:

1. Automation of manufacturing systems in the
factory
2. Computerization of the manufacturing support
systems
 The two categories overlap because manufacturing
support systems are connected to the factory
manufacturing systems
 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Fig. 1.4
Automated Manufacturing Systems
Examples:
 Automated machine tools
 Transfer lines
 Automated assembly systems
 Industrial robots that perform processing or
assembly operations
 Automated material handling and storage systems to
integrate manufacturing operations
 Automatic inspection systems for quality control
Automated Manufacturing Systems
Three basic types:

1. Fixed automation
2. Programmable automation
3. Flexible automation
Fixed Automation
A manufacturing system in which the sequence of
processing (or assembly) operations is fixed by the
equipment configuration
Typical features:
 Suited to high production quantities
 High initial investment for custom-engineered equipment
 High production rates
 Relatively inflexible in accommodating product variety
Programmable Automation
A manufacturing system designed with the capability

to change the sequence of operations to
accommodate different product configurations
Typical features:
 High investment in general purpose equipment
 Lower production rates than fixed automation
 Flexibility to deal with variations and changes in
product configuration
 Most suitable for batch production
 Physical setup and part program must be changed
between jobs (batches)
Flexible Automation
An extension of programmable automation in which the
system is capable of changing over from one job to the
next with no lost time between jobs
Typical features:
 High investment for custom-engineered system
 Continuous production of variable mixes of products
 Medium production rates
 Flexibility to deal with soft product variety
Product Variety and Production
Quantity for Three Automation Types
Fig. 1.5
Computerized Manufacturing Support
Systems
Objectives of automating the manufacturing support
systems:
 To reduce the amount of manual and clerical effort in
product design, manufacturing planning and control, and
the business functions
 Integrates computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-
aided manufacturing (CAM) in CAD/CAM
 CIM includes CAD/CAM and the business functions of
the firm
Reasons for Automating
1. To increase labor productivity

2. To reduce labor cost
3. To mitigate the effects of labor shortages
4. To reduce or remove routine manual and clerical tasks
5. To improve worker safety
6. To improve product quality
7. To reduce manufacturing lead time
8. To accomplish what cannot be done manually
9. To avoid the high cost of not automating
Manual Labor in Production Systems
Is there a place for manual labor in the modern

production system?
 Answer: YES
 Two aspects:
1. Manual labor in factory operations
2. Labor in manufacturing support systems
Manual Labor in Factory Operations
The long term trend is toward greater use of
automated systems to substitute for manual labor
 When is manual labor justified?
 Some countries have very low labor rates and
automation cannot be justified
 Task is too technologically difficult to automate
 Short product life cycle
 Customized product requires human flexibility
 To cope with ups and downs in demand
 To reduce risk of product failure
Labor in Manufacturing Support
Systems
 Product designers who bring creativity to the design task
 Manufacturing engineers who
 Design the production equipment and tooling
 And plan the production methods and routings
 Equipment maintenance
 Programming and computer operation
 Engineering project work
 Plant management
Automation Principles and Strategies
1. The USA Principle

2. Ten Strategies for Automation and Process Improvement
3. Automation Migration Strategy
U.S.A Principle
1. Understand the existing process
 Input/output analysis
 Value chain analysis
 Charting techniques and mathematical modeling
2. Simplify the process
 Reduce unnecessary steps and moves
3. Automate the process
 Ten strategies for automation and production
systems
 Automation migration strategy
Ten Strategies for Automation and
Process Improvement
1. Specialization of operations
2. Combined operations
3. Simultaneous operations
4. Integration of operations
5. Increased flexibility
6. Improved material handling and storage
7. On-line inspection
8. Process control and optimization
9. Plant operations control
10. Computer-integrated manufacturing
Automation Migration Strategy
For Introduction of New Products
1. Phase 1 – Manual production
 Single-station manned cells working independently
 Advantages: quick to set up, low-cost tooling
2. Phase 2 – Automated production
 Single-station automated cells operating
independently
 As demand grows and automation can be justified
3. Phase 3 – Automated integrated production
 Multi-station system with serial operations and
automated transfer of work units between stations
Automation
Migration
Strategy
Organization of the Book
1. Overview of Manufacturing
2. Automation and Control Technologies
3. Material Handling and Identification Technologies
4. Manufacturing Systems
5. Quality Control in Manufacturing Systems
6. Manufacturing Support Systems
Organization of the Book
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Ch 1 Introduction

A collection of people, equipment, and procedures

Facilities include the factory, production machines and

Fig. 1.2 (a)

Fig. 1.2 (b)

Fig. 1.2. (c)

Two categories of automation in the production system:

Three basic types:

A manufacturing system designed with the capability

1. To increase labor productivity

Is there a place for manual labor in the modern

1. The USA Principle

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