By
A. Gunasekaran, Department of Management, E.P. Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300, USA
Description
Agile manufacturing is defined as the capability of surviving and prospering in a competitive environment of continuous and unpredictable
change by reacting quickly and effectively to changing markets, driven by customer-designed products and services. Critical to successfully
accomplishing AM are a few enabling technologies such as the standard for the exchange of products (STEP), concurrent engineering, virtual
manufacturing, component-based hierarchical shop floor control system, information and communication infrastructure, etc.
The scope
of the book is to present the undergraduate and graduate students, senior managers and researchers in manufacturing systems design and
management, industrial engineering and information technology with the conceptual and theoretical basis for the design and implementation
of AMS. Also, the book focuses on broad policy directives and plans of agile manufacturing that guide the monitoring and evaluating
the manufacturing strategies and their performance. A problem solving approach is taken throughout the book, emphasizing the context
of agile manufacturing and the complexities to be addressed.
Audience:
For researchers, students at graduate and undergraduate levels and senior managers in manufacturing systems design and management, industrial engineering and information technology.
