agile manufacturing

The Defense Department recently sought bids for $30 million in projects incorporating agile manufacturing.

Agile manufacturing is seen as the next step after Lean manufacturing in the evolution of production methodology.

The concept of agile manufacturing has been taking shape in industrial America as companies struggle to compete with foreign producers, particularly in areas like electronics.

Tombstones are used in agile manufacturing to facilitate quick and easy installation, scalability and reconfiguration.

Through collaboration, the mechatronic modules perform the production goals and inherit flexible and agile manufacturing properties in the production scheme.

Agile manufacturing is a term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes while still controlling costs and quality.

First, as an outcome of globalization and the proliferation of multinational companies, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and business partnerships, significant success factors were identified, complementing the earlier "just-in-time", lean manufacturing, and agile manufacturing practices.

The evolution of a Virtual Manufacturing Network is a Dynamic Manufacturing Network, which describes a more flexible and agile manufacturing network, that is able to be instantiated or dissolved quite rapidly, in order to meet emerging market needs and business opportunities.