TY - GEN
T1 - Towards a model for evaluating the investment of reconfigurable and platform-based manufacturing concepts considering footprint adaptability
AU - Kjeldgaard, Stefan
AU - Jorsal, Andreas Leon
AU - Albrecht, Vanessa
AU - Andersen, Ann-Louise
AU - Brunø, Thomas Ditlev
AU - Nielsen, Kjeld
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The capital goods industry is characterized by intensified competition and increased fragmentation of demand. Consequently, manufacturers are required to handle higher variety at lower cost with rapid responsiveness. Reconfigurable manufacturing shows potential to meet these requirements through efficient functionality conversion of modularized equipment for increased ability to adapt the footprint to achieve cost-improvements and competitive advantage. However, current models for evaluating the investment of reconfigurable manufacturing concepts lack consideration of footprint adaptability. Therefore, this paper presents a model considering reconfigurability investments and footprint, which is applied on a case at a Danish manufacturer of capital goods for the energy sector.
AB - The capital goods industry is characterized by intensified competition and increased fragmentation of demand. Consequently, manufacturers are required to handle higher variety at lower cost with rapid responsiveness. Reconfigurable manufacturing shows potential to meet these requirements through efficient functionality conversion of modularized equipment for increased ability to adapt the footprint to achieve cost-improvements and competitive advantage. However, current models for evaluating the investment of reconfigurable manufacturing concepts lack consideration of footprint adaptability. Therefore, this paper presents a model considering reconfigurability investments and footprint, which is applied on a case at a Danish manufacturer of capital goods for the energy sector.
KW - Capital goods
KW - Changeable manufacturing
KW - Concept evaluation
KW - Footprint adaptability
KW - Reconfigurable manufacturing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121609867&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.procir.2021.11.093
DO - 10.1016/j.procir.2021.11.093
M3 - Conference article in Journal
SN - 2212-8271
VL - 104
SP - 553
EP - 558
JO - Procedia CIRP
JF - Procedia CIRP
T2 - 54th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems
Y2 - 22 September 2021 through 24 September 2021
ER -