A critical study on the implementation of operation, control and maintenance techniques for flexible manufacturing systems in small scale industries

Abstract

Small industries have a lot of roles in the Indian economy and the strength of their product lies in their competitiveness in the whole world market. In spite of this highly progress rate, the huge potential in Indian small-scale industries (SSI) has not been tapped. Hence, there is the requirement to improve these industries, so that they can bloom to their fullest. To achieve the increased competitiveness, the manufacturing in SSI need to change or supplement its previous methods of production with more flexible and dynamic production systems, such as flexible manufacturing system (FMS) which is characterized by shorter product development and manufacturing lead time, Best quality and flexibility, team-based work union, short setup/change with time, as a construction strategy and multi-functional labor. FMS can help SSI to improve its process and align it to the requirements of its customers. Therefore, a discussion on the issues of SSI and presents the key features for the confirmation of FMS in SSI. Despite the fact that the efficiency was minimal, the equipment provided for the production were competent and excellent for delivering and gathering the pieces of joint. The reason for this was the machine's idle season, the growth of under creation portion (work in process stock) is high due to the lack of adequate design and unbalancing line circumstances, and finally the association of direct work on the floor. As a result, the creation was adequate, but the efficiency was low. All of these elements necessitated the development of a feasible framework in order to maximise efficiency while minimising lead time. The Adaptable Assembling Framework is then familiar with achieving success on uncontrolled bounds. To control, we used a closed consecutive circle type FMS. In a perfect world, efficiency would be maximised.