Improving Responsiveness in SMEs Through Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing

Alessia Napoleone; Thomas Ditlev Brunø; Ann-Louise Andersen; Kjeld Nielsen

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Improving Responsiveness in SMEs Through Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing

Alessia Napoleone, Thomas Ditlev Brunø, Ann-Louise Andersen, Kjeld Nielsen

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Abstract

Many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are facing challenges in their manufacturing systems due to rapidly evolving and unpredictable customer requirements. To meet these challenges ensuring both responsiveness and cost-efficiency, SMEs may increase changeability by embedding appropriate levels of flexibility and reconfigurability in the design of manufacturing systems. In addition, the rapid diffusion of digital and smart technologies due to Industry 4.0, provides SMEs with new opportunities to increase changeability. This chapter details how flexibility and reconfigurability could be used to meet different change drivers; moreover, the related benefits are described and associated to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Finally, three industrial examples from SMEs are provided. The three cases highlight that changeability can indeed create benefits in SMEs, especially for adjusting manufacturing towards frequent variants changes, mix changes, volume changes, and new product introductions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Future of Smart Production for SMEs
Editors	Ole Madsen, Ulrich Berger, Charles Møller, Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Brian Vejrum Waehrens, Casper Schou
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	Oct 2022
Pages	181-191
ISBN (Print)	9783031154270
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031154287
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15428-7_15
Publication status	Published - Oct 2022

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Improving Responsiveness in SMEs Through Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing. / Napoleone, Alessia; Brunø, Thomas Ditlev ; Andersen, Ann-Louise et al.
The Future of Smart Production for SMEs. ed. / Ole Madsen; Ulrich Berger; Charles Møller; Astrid Heidemann Lassen; Brian Vejrum Waehrens; Casper Schou. Springer, 2022. p. 181-191.

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