Strategies for enhancing agility of make-to-order manufacturing systems.

MRPII 89

Subash Babu

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, India

Abstract

This paper relates to make-toorder (MTO) manufacturing environment. Initially, the various issues of concern and problems encountered in relation to typical MTO systems are presented to emphasize why agility is required in such systems. The need to have better performance measures is discussed. How some of the problems related to typical MTO systems were dealt with in the past is discussed, by highlighting the salient features of some selected contributions made towards enhancing agility in MTO systems. An outline of the system presently being developed by the author for concurrent and integrated management of MTO manufacturing organisations, which is conceived mainly as an agile management system for MTO environment, is also presented.

Keywords

Agile production, Make-to-order manufacturing, Systems development