Enabling manufacturing competitiveness and economic sustainability: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production (CARV2011), Montreal, Canada, 2-5 October 2011

The changing manufacturing environment requires more responsive and adaptablemanufacturing systems. The theme of the 4th International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual production (CARV2011) is “Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability”. Leading edge research and best implementation practices and experiences, which address these important issues and challenges, are presented. The proceedings include advances inmanufacturing systems design, planning, evaluation, control and evolving paradigms such as mass customization, personalization, changeability, re-configurability and flexibility. New and important concepts such as the dynamic productfamilies and platforms, co-evolution of products and systems, and methods forenhancing manufacturing systems’ economic sustainability and prolonging theirlife to produce more than one product generation are treated. Enablers of change in manufacturing systems, production volume and capability scalability andmanaging the volatility of markets, competition among global enterprises and the increasing complexity of products, manufacturing systems and management strategies are discussed. Industry challenges and future directions for researchand development needed to help both practitioners and academicians are presented. Metrics of change in manufacturing and management strategies needed by industrial enterprises. New approaches for co-evolution of products and systems inspired by evolution in nature. Enablers of changeability in industry to help improve competitiveness. Outline of industry challenges and road map for research and development needs that would help both practitioners and academicians INDICE: Vision and Future Prespectives. Manufacturing Systems. Product andProduction Development and Co-Development. Global Competitiveness and Sustainability.- Enterprise and Knowledge Management.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-23859-8
• Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 665
• Fecha Publicación: 31/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés