Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems
The Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems was established in 2007 at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to provide the greater San Antonio and south Texas area industries, public and private agencies with a one-stop, unique source of expertise in flexible and lean technologies and systems, state-of-the-art technology applications with the following two thrust areas: Advanced Manufacturing Systems: effective and efficient integration and synthesis of automation technologies, human resources, and decision-making models for design, planning, scheduling, and control of production of goods and delivery of services. Lean Enterprise Systems: systematic elimination of waste (anything that does not add value) across the enterprise by using various lean and six-sigma tools and methodologies to continuously improve value creating processes in manufacturing and service sectors.
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Conference program and abstracts booklet: The 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: FAIM 2014, May 20-23, 2014, San Antonio, Texas, USA
(2014)Program and abstracts of the 142 papers accepted for presentation at the FAIM 2014 International Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas, and organized by the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems, University ... -
Quality measurement in the supply chain
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Supply Chain Management is the integration of business processes along the value chain, from suppliers to end customer. Performance measurement of these processes has so far received little attention from researchers and ... -
E-quality control in automotive manufacturing : an integrated approach using 3D measurement and photometric stereo reconstruction
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Intense pressures for quality control are experienced by automotive parts suppliers to stay tuned in competitiveness and to build a long-term relationship with automotive manufacturers. The automotive parts suppliers are ... -
An empirical study of TQM and its effect on the organizational sustainability development : a successful model for implementation
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)The main purpose of this research is to construct a generic model for successful implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) in Oil sector, and to find out the effects of this model on the organizational sustainability ... -
Analysis of Internet process tool for continuous improvement and productivity in a manufacturing environment
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)In today's busy, highly competitive market, businesses are under increasing pressure to meet targets and achieve their objectives. Previous research has shown that SMEs not only need to satisfy customer requirements, but ... -
Process variability reduction by using the design of experiment— A case study
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Low process variability and capability index might be some of customer's requirements. Therefore it is necessary to fulfil these requirements and guarantee them in the future. Since state-of-art companies that want to keep ... -
An investigation into the challenges of implementing the EFQM excellence model
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)In recent times there has been an increasing trend, among organisations, towards the adoption of business excellence models (i.e. EFQM, Malcolm Baldrige, and Deming) as a strategic approach to drive improvements. This ... -
Factors for a decentralized production and sequence planning from the perspective of products and resources
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)The trend towards more and more individual products leads to new challenges for production planning and scheduling. Rising numbers of variants, high fluctuations of demand and smaller production volumes require flexibility ... -
Development of predictive production model for increasing productivity of oil wells
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)This paper highlights some of the reasons for the oil production decline in petroleum wells and underlies principles to produce a new model for the oil wells' production performance. The research starts by introducing some ... -
Minimization of transportation and installation time for offshore wind turbines
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)The most challenging aspect of introducing an offshore wind energy facility is high cost of capital for transportation and installation of wind turbines. The cost associated with transportation and installation depends on ... -
Concept of semi-autonomous production planning and decision support based on virtual technology
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)The following conceptual contribution is based on the two scientific fields Digital Factory (DF) as well as end-user electronics. The two fields which describe the starting points for the conceptional contribution offer ... -
Using GRAIMOD for improving performance of multi-product companies
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)European economies have been deeply affected by different crises. The impact of the economic crisis on enterprises is now recognized by everybody. Enterprises are fighting to pull through the present situation and are ... -
Batch size optimization based on production part cost
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)When investigating different location and/or system designs the possible variables to take into consideration can differs between the alternatives. Different production system will have different optimal working conditions ... -
From machine utilisation to flow time: Effects of Lean transformation on scheduling
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)The Lean paradigm transforms a production company from utilisation-centric planning into a system in which other operating conditions such as short flow times, local control, and reduction in variation are weighted as well. ... -
Sustainable design and innovation for office furniture and its implementation
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Products such as furniture are a combination of components that together provide the functionality required by the customer. For the designer, the product configuration has special importance. The impetus for new ideas ... -
Optimum constant-stress and step-stress accelerated life tests under time and cost considerations
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)By running life tests at higher stress levels than normal operating conditions, accelerated life testing quickly yields information on the lifetime distribution of a test unit. The lifetime at the design stress is then ... -
Using simulation to determine the batch size for I/O drawer test process in a high-end server manufacturing environment
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)In this research, discrete-event simulation is used to study the I/O drawer test process in a high-end server manufacturing environment in order to identify the optimal batch size of the I/O drawers to be tested per driver. ... -
3-D biocompatible microneedle arrays with nanoporous surface
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)During the past few years, developing painless needles or patches to replace traditional hypodermic needles has been investigated. Since micromachining can be used to construct a high density metallic micropillar array, ... -
Optimizing the morphing displacement of sandwiched nanotube buckypaper actuators via design of experiments methodology
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)The actuation properties of carbon nanotube buckypaper have been proved and demonstrated in many researchers' studies. Sandwiched buckypaper/porous film+ion liquid/buckypaper structure showed the lightweight and high ... -
Considering assembly requirement specifications in product development: Identification and approach
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Due to the major advantages such as reduced time to market and improved quality at lowered cost, the principles of design for assembly capabilities and concurrent engineering are of great significance when developing new ...
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