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Facilities – Factory and Equipment Factory, production machines and tooling, material handling equipment, inspection equipment, and computer systems that control the manufacturing operations Manufacturing Support Systems Business functions - sales and marketing, order entry, cost accounting, customer billing Product design - research and development, design engineering, prototype shop Manufacturing planning - process planning, production planning, MRP, capacity planning Manufacturing control shop floor control, inventory control, quality control Computer Integrated Manufacturing Automated System Examples: Automated machine tools Transfer lines Automated assembly systems Industrial robots Automated material handling and storage systems Automatic inspection systems for quality control Automated System Periodic Worker Transformation Process Three Automation Types Programmable Automation Flexible Automation Fixed Automation Variety Quantity Fixed Automation 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 Capability to change the sequence of operations throug reprogramming to accommodate different product configurations Typical features: High investment in programmable 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 System is capable of changing over from one job to the next with little 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 Reasons for Automating