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CONTENTS
Preface
Editor Bios
Contributors List
1 Sustainable Design
PRATHEEP AYYAMPERUMAL , RANJIT VINU, IBRAHIM ZEID, SAGAR KAMARTHI, AND TUCKER J. MARION
2 Cellular Manufacturing Systems
YAOWU ZHANG
3 An Overview of Computer-Aided Design
ALI K. KAMRANI, PHD, PE
4 Selection of Parameters for CAD-VR Data Translation
ABDULAZIZM. EL-TAMIMI, EMAD S. ABOUEL NASR, AND MUSTUFA H. ABIDI
5 A Semi-Integration System of CAD and Inspection Planning of Standard Manufactured Features
EMAD S. ABOUEL NASR, ABDULRAHMAN AL-AHMARI, AND OSAMA ABDULHAMEED
6 Tumor Geometrical Deformation Modeling
MARYAM AZIMI, ALI K. KAMRANI, AND EMAD SAMIR ABDELGHANY
7 Product Variety and Manufacturing Complexity
ALI K. KAMRANI, PHD, PE
8 A Simulation-Based Methodology for Manufacturing Complexity Analysis
ALI K. KAMRANI, ARUN ADAT, AND MARYAMAZIMI
9 Optimizing Supply Chain Network Design
MOHAMMED HUSSEIN HASSAN AND HAITHAM ABBAS AHMED MAHMOUD
10 Shutdown Maintenance Scope of Work Assessment Model (SWAM): Model for Reducing Shutdown Maintenance Costs and the Loss of Production at Continuous Process Industries
ADEL AL-SHAYEA
11 Machine Failure Time Detection through Product Defects
HAZEM J. SMADI
Index
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Preface
The current marketplace is undergoing an accelerated pace of change that challenges corporations to apply new techniques to respond rapidly to this ever-developing environment. At the center of this change is a new generation of customers. As the industry adopts a consumer focus in its product development strategy, it must offer broader product ranges, shorter model lifetimes, and the required ability to process products in less time and costs. A consumer-focused product design must simultaneously meet the conflicting objectives of consumer and manufacturer. It is based on premises that (a) changing customer requirements dictate varied product features, (b) the structure of products and processes must be aligned with dynamic product features, and (c) manufacturing productivity requires managing conflicting objectives due to these structural alignments.
Organizations now fail or succeed based upon their ability to respond quickly to changing customer demands and to utilize new technological innovations. In such an environment, the advantage goes to the firm that can offer greater varieties of new products with higher performance and more overall appeal. In order to compete in this fast-paced global market, organizations need to produce products that can be easily configured to offer distinctive capabilities compared to the competition. Furthermore, organizations need to develop new methods and techniques to react rapidly to required changes and to shorten the product development cycle, which will enable them to gain more economic competitiveness. This edited book is a collection of methods and state-of-the-art technologies in new strategies for customer- focused product design and development.
Chapter 1 by Ayyamperumal et al. introduces the concepts of sustainable design, how to quantify and calculate environmental impact metrics, and the commercially available tools that help a design engineers to create sustainability designs. It also provides the knowledge needed to use sustainability models and tools to explore trade-offs between eco-friendliness and cost. As one of the most important applications of group technology in manufacturing, cellular manufacturing seeks to deliver high productivity and flexibility for manufacturing different product varieties. Cell formation of part families and machine cells is the critical element in designing an efficient cellular manufacturing system. In Chapter 2, Zhang provides an advanced survey of methods for CMS design. As an advanced tool, CAD has been used for design of complex systems. Chapter 3 by Kamrani presents an overview discussion on Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and feature representation methodologies. CAD and the supporting methods are used to facilitate integrated engineering design process. El-Tamimi et al. present a method for the parameter selection for CAD-VR data translation. To select the appropriate set of parameters, Design of Experiments (DOE) techniques are applied. Based on the statistical analysis of the selected parameters, a set of guidelines is developed for parameters selection during the conversion process. This is presented in Chapter 4. In Chapter 5, Nasr et al. propose a proposed framework of the integrated system for CAD and Computer-Aided Inspection (CAI). CAIP is based on the Automatic Features Extraction Module (AFEM), Computer- Aided Inspection Planning Module (CAIPM), and Coordinate Measuring Machine Module (CMMM). A case study is also presented to demonstrate the capability of the integrated system. Geometric modeling is used for design of complex shapes such as tumors. Chapter 6 by Azimi et al. presents results of an ongoing research in the development a three-dimensional (3D) model for tumor deformation predication during radiation treatment. MATLAB® software and rapid prototyping technology are used for modeling and validation of the predicated geometrical models. Product variety and its impact on manufacturing complexity is presented in Chapter 7. In this chapter, Kamrani provides an overview of different methods for measuring the degree of variety and complexity as proposed by other researchers. Chapter 8 continues the discussion on variety and manufacturing complexity by providing a new methodology. This chapter by Kamrani et al. presents a sample case study for analyzing manufacturing complexity due t...
