Manufacturers have always had to be nimble, adjusting their production processes to meet their customers’ needs, and that means using technology to create a flexible manufacturing process in today's ...

A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is an integrated, computer-controlled complex of automated material handling devices and numerically controlled machine tools that can simultaneously process ...

Adaptive production is a smart manufacturing approach that uses real-time data, AI and automation to continuously adjust processes. Source: Siemens In this exclusive interview with Automation World, ...

Fastems MMS5 allows managers at multiple levels of an organization to have a customized GUI for predictive scheduling, combined with comprehensive resource planning. The MMS Station Commander lets ...

Flexible production system: Higher force and precision, for example when assembling a bicycle frame. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

WARSAW, Poland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ficomirrors, an automotive global supplier to automakers worldwide, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to improve production efficiency and power a ...

Material handling and the provision of supporting resources, particularly tools, in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) can constrain production. To improve the productivity for an existing FMS, we ...

Manufacturing systems performance analysis is a multidisciplinary field that rigorously examines the efficiency, reliability and overall productivity of production systems. The analytical methods ...