1. Actief Positioneren in het Micrometergebied
Exact door de grenzen van de disciplines

2. “Time to Volume” is essential
Turnover
t
T industrialisation
R&D Release Production Start Life Cycle End
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3. Manual or Automated assembly
Number of Units
Products
Systems
Components
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4. Source: Esmail, 1996
Agile Manufacturing
High
Racing Lizard
Response
Horse Enterprise
Mule Dinosaur
Enterprise Enterprise
Low
Low Product Variety High
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5. Source: Walters, 1997
Agile Manufacturing
the Virtual Enterprise

6. Source: Lei, 1990
Agile Manufacturing
the Virtual Enterprise

7. Tendencies
■ More personalisation & shorter lifecycles leads to
demand for flexible (agile) production
■ Move from “configurable” to “re-configurable”
production systems
■ For the Future:
■ Increasing role for Information Technology
■ Intelligent machines
■ Less location bound
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