ABSTRACT
This volume comprises the Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference on Manufacturing Research held at the University of Technology, Loughborough, UK, in September 1994, the latest in a series of meetings first convened in 1985, and the first to be published by Taylor & Francis Ltd.; Keith Case and Steven Newman, the Conference Chairs, the book c
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
REQUIREMENTS AND TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Professor Richard Weston Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research Professor of Flexible Automation
chapter |7 pages
MATERIAL SUPPLIER, COMPONENT SUPPLIER AND OEM INFORMATION FLOW EFFECTS
David Newlands and Phil. Southey
chapter |6 pages
SIMULATING PRICE QUOTATIONS FOR SMALL SIZED MANUFACTURING ORGANISATIONS
Mr Pete Cameron-MacDonald and Dr Martin Moltrecht
chapter |6 pages
EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT IN COMPANIES ENGAGED IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURE
M A Fowler, J C Beamish and D S Spurgeon
chapter |6 pages
EXPERIENCES OF COMPETITIVE BENCHMARKING RESEARCH IN UK MANUFACTURING
Mrs Gwyn Groves and Mr James Douglas
chapter |6 pages
A SOFT SYSTEMS APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING REDESIGN
Mr Adam Weaver, Dr Roger Maull, Dr Stephen Childe, Mr Jan Bennett
chapter |8 pages
SURVEY OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES & APPLICATION TO 5 MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN JORDAN
Dr Tarik Al-Shemmeri and Bashar Al-Kloub
chapter |6 pages
INNOVATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN MATURE INDUSTRIES
Dr K.Ridgway and Mr I.McCarthy Mr R.Scaife Mr J.Murphy
chapter |7 pages
INSTALLING MRP & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT A BOTTOM UP IMPLEMENTATION
Steve Webb* and Harry L Cather** * Business Analyst General Motors Europe Germany **Senior Lecturer University of Brighton Brighton, BN2 4GJ
chapter |6 pages
An Analysis of the Implementation Process of a Multi-Plant MRP II System.
Derek Wilson and Caroline Turnbull Ethicon Ltd./Napier University Teaching Company. Dept. of Mechanical Manufacturing & Software Eng. 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH 10 5DT
chapter |7 pages
EDUCATING MRP USERS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR SUCCESS
H L Cather* and M Montekio** *Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering University of Brighton Brighton, BN2 4GJ **Centre de Investigacion en Computacion Educativa Universidad
chapter |4 pages
THE ROLE OF IDEF IN PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING
*Dr Roger Maull, *Dr Stephen Childe, *Mr Adam Weaver **Mr Jan Bennett, *Mr Paul Brown, *Mr Jim O’Brien, **Mr Simon High.
chapter |7 pages
MANUFACTURING STRATEGY: A SURVEY OF BEST PRACTICE
William J.Bailey, Grant MacKerron, Martin Askey
chapter |6 pages
IMPLEMENTING OPT, APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES AND USING THE SOFTWARE.
Steve Martin and Sharon Cox
chapter |6 pages
THE REQUIREMENTS OF INTEGRATED PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
D.F Kehoe and P.D.Patterson
chapter |6 pages
PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN SMALL MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES: Are Firms Measuring What Matters?
C.J Addy, J.Pearce and J.Bennett
chapter |6 pages
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANUFACTURING AND HUMAN RESOURCES IN NEW PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Peter Carr, Gwyn Groves, John Kay
chapter |6 pages
AN SME’S APPROACH TO HARNESSING THE WORKFORCE
K Wheeler* and H L Cather** *Chaiiman/Managing Director (Retired) MD Norcon (Norris) Ltd Burgess Hill West Sussex **Senior Lecturer Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing
chapter |6 pages
THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY ON ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE, SYSTEMS AND CULTURE
Trevor R.Pye
chapter |7 pages
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE: THE CAUSAL LINKS EXPLORED
David Hamblin and Albert Lettman
chapter |6 pages
INTRODUCING FOCUSED & CELLULAR MANUFACTURING IN A TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
I an McCarthy and Dr Keith Ridgway
chapter |5 pages
REFINING THE CELLULAR STRUCTURE: A CASE STUDY IN FACTORY RE-LOCATION
R.Duffill, * D.G.M.Brooks, * J.Rowley
chapter |6 pages
DESIGN OF CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS USING GRAI METHODOLOGY
Mr Kah-Fei Ho and Dr Keith Ridgway University of Sheffield Sheffield, S1 3JD
chapter |7 pages
HOW QFD CAN HELP DESIGN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Tim Nimmons, Prof. John Kay and Dr Gareth Williams
chapter |6 pages
ASSESSING AND IMPROVING MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY
Ms Nicola Bateman and Dr David Stockton
chapter |5 pages
CELLULAR MANUFACTURING: HOW TO ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE QUALITY THROUGH JOB DESIGN
Jane Goodyer and Dr Stuart Spraggett
chapter |6 pages
APPLYING PERFORMANCE INDEX TECHNIQUE TO MONITOR FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS
Mr.D.Stuart McLachlan, Mr.Terry Shaw and Mr.Nick Brigham
chapter |6 pages
A BLUEPRINT FOR INTRODUCING TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Abby Gfaobadian, Jonathan Liu, David Bamford, Annette Thompson & David Gallear
chapter |7 pages
A MODEL OF THE PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN A MAKE TO STOCK COMPANY.
Mr Ian McCarthy, Mr Aslam Chodari and Dr Keith Ridgway
chapter |6 pages
THE USE OF SEMANTIC DATABASES IN MANUFACTURING DSS FOR SMALLER MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
D.N.Halsall, A.P.Muhlemann, D.H.R.Price and P.P.Wheeler
chapter |5 pages
AN APPLICATION OF FUZZY PROGRAMMING IN THE STANDARDIZATION OF QUALITY PARAMETERS
Mr Shunian Yang*, Dr Valentin Vitanov and Mr Nick Bennett
chapter |6 pages
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES
Ms Susan Goh and Dr Keith Ridgway
chapter |7 pages
BENEFIT, IMPACT AND SHORTCOMINGS OF THE FOUR MAJOR QUALITY AWARDS
Professor Abby Ghobadian, Hong Woo and Jonathan Liu
chapter |7 pages
STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEW OF CAPP: ITS IMPACT AND ITS APPLICATION IN CIM
Dr. A Ajmal and Dr. H G Zhang
chapter |7 pages
PROCESS CAPABILITY MODELS FOR EQUIPMENT SELECTION
Nabil N Z Gindy*, Tsvetan M Ratchev**, Keith Case** * Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Operations
chapter |6 pages
A FEATURE BASED APPROACH TO DETAIL AND ASSEMBLY COSTING IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
T M Hill, R J Forster and G Smith
chapter |6 pages
INTELLIGENT SOLUTION OF CUTTING CONDITIONS USING DATABASES
M.Pickering, *P.B.Walker and **T.Newman
chapter |6 pages
A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FOR THE SELECTION OF CUTTING TOOLS AND CONDITIONS FOR MILLING
Mr Reza Razfar and Dr Keith Ridgway
chapter |7 pages
GEOMETRIC ELEMENTS FOR TOLERANCE DEFINITION IN FEATURE-BASED PRODUCT MODELS
Dr James Gaot†, Dr Keith Case* and Professor Nabil Gindy** † School of Industry and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield
chapter |7 pages
INTERACTIONS OF CLAMPING AND SEQUENCING FOR 2.5D MILLED PARTS
Yong Yue and J.L.Murray
chapter |6 pages
Resolving Feature Interactions in Design for Injection Moulding
R.J.V.Lee, A.H.S. Al-Ashaab, R.I.M.Young.
chapter |6 pages
THE AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING OF PRODUCTION MACHINERY FOR DE-FLASHING PLASTIC PARTS
Giles Tewkesbury and Dr David Sanders
chapter |5 pages
AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF CAD MODELS FROM MULTIPLE RANGE VIEWS
A W Fitzgibbon, E Bispo, R B Fisher, E Trucco‡
chapter |6 pages
THE INTEGRATION OF CAD AND A KNOWLEDGE BASED TOOL SELECTION SYSTEM
Ms Yue Zhao, Dr Keith Ridgway and Mr Kah Fei Ho
chapter |6 pages
A STRATEGY FOR EXTRACTING MANUFACTURING FEATURES FOR PRISMATIC COMPONENTS FROM CAD
Mr S.Linardakis and Dr A.R.Mileham
chapter |7 pages
INTEGRATED QUALITY PLANNING FOR MACHINED COMPONENTS
Dr J.D.T Tannock, Mr D.R.Cox, Dr H.Lee and Mr J.Sims Williams
chapter |7 pages
SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR SEQUENCING MACHINING OPERATIONS
Dr. Zhengxu Zhao and Professor Ray W Baines School of Engineering, University of Derby Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB
chapter |6 pages
A USER-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT IN THE CREATION OF PDES/STEP BASED APPLICATIONS
Mr A.S Czerwinski, Mr. J.Drysdale, Dr. K.Sivayoganathan
chapter |6 pages
INTEGRATION AND INTERFACING USING EXPRESS MODELS
Shahin Rahimifard and Dr. Stephen T.Newman
chapter |7 pages
INTEGRATED MANUFACTURE FOR SME’s.
Dr Charles Wainwright, David Tucker and Prof Ray Leonard
chapter |6 pages
AN INFORMATION MODELLING METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT
Shaun Murgatroyd, Paul Clements, Simon Roberts, Christopher Sumpter and Prof. Richard Weston
chapter |7 pages
THE ROLE OF INTEGRATED SYSTEMS IN ACHIEVING FUNCTIONAL ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
David Tucker Dr .Charles Wainwright and Prof. Raymond Leonard
chapter |7 pages
THE BUSINESS ENTITY OF SEW-OSA (SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WORKBENCH FOR CIM-OSA)
Marcos Wilson C.Aguiar, Prof. Richard H.Weston and Ian Coutts
chapter |7 pages
MANUFACTURING CELL CONTROL: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED SYSTEMS
P A Shiner and M Loftus
chapter |7 pages
IMDC: AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONTROL OF MANUFACTURING MACHINES
Christopher Wright and Dr Robert Harrison
chapter |8 pages
A ‘PROCESS DESCRIPTION’ APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING SYSTEM MODELLING.
G.J.Colquhoun* and R.W.Baines** * Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 3AF ** University ofDerby, Derby, DE22 1GB
chapter |7 pages
ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Dr Alan Boyle and Dr Andrew Kaldos
chapter |6 pages
INTEGRATED DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS FOR THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF FMSs
M.D.Byrne and P.Chutima
chapter |8 pages
APPROXIMATE MODELLING OF FLEXIBLE MACHINING CELLS
Dr Stephen T Newman* and Dr Robert de Souza**
chapter |6 pages
BUFFER STORAGE DESIGN IN TRANSFER LINES USING SIMULATED ANNEALING.
J.Navarro Gonzalez and K.J.Aitchison
chapter |11 pages
PC BASED ROBOT SIMULATION APPLIED TO AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY CELLS
I.D.Jenkinson, P.A.Montgomery and B.Mills
chapter |6 pages
SIMULATION IN THE DESIGN AND ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION OF A PORCELAIN PRODUCTION LINE
S Perez-Castillo, J A Barnes and J M Kay
chapter |6 pages
THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER SIMULATION FOR COST EFFECTIVE RTM PRODUCTION
Bland R.J., Robinson M.J.*, Polkinghorne M.N.+ and Burns R.S.+*
chapter |6 pages
INTEGRATED REAL-TIME MANUFACTURING SIMULATION WITH EXPERT ADVICE
Dr Andy Lung and Mr Habtom Mebrahtu
chapter |6 pages
HYBRID ANALYTIC/SIMULATION MODELLING OF THE PRODUCTION PLANNING PROBLEM
Dr M D Byrne & Mr M A Bakir
chapter |6 pages
AN OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH TO MODELLING MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
N.J.Boughton & D.M.Love
chapter |6 pages
SHORT TERM SCHEDULING AND ITS INFLUENCE IN PRODUCTION CONTROL IN THE 1990s
Professor J G Kenworthy, Mr D Little, and Mr P C Jarvis Dr J K Porter
chapter |6 pages
APPLICATION OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO SCHEDULING PROBLEMS IN A PRESS SHOP
Kah-Fei Ho and Dr Keith Ridgway
chapter |7 pages
MODELLING PRODUCT INTRODUCTION: A KEY STEP TO SUCCESSFUL CONCURRENT ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS?
Dr. N.J.Brookes, Dr. C.J.Backhouse and Prof. N.D.Burns
chapter |7 pages
THE APPLICABILITY OF CONCURRENT ENGINEERING TO DESIGN IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY
S.J.May* M.N.Polkinghorne* J.P.Bennett* and R.S.Burns*+
chapter |6 pages
DESIGN RULES FOR RAPID CHANGEOVER
R I McIntosh, S J Culley, G B Gest, Dr A R Mileham
chapter |7 pages
A KNOWLEDGE-BASED PROCESS QUALITY CONTROL PLANNING SYSTEM FOR DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY
H S Abdalla, C R Goulden and H Pancholi
chapter |6 pages
APPLICATIONS OF AI TECHNIQUES TO AID PATHS TOWARDS CONCURRENT ENGINEERING
Brian Parkinson, Steve Hinder, U1f Ruhr, Alistair Rust and Danny Shwartzberg
chapter |6 pages
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING PRACTICE IN UK: A SURVEY
Dr. Chanan S Syan Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering University of Sheffield Sheffield, S1 4DU, UK
chapter |6 pages
THE PRODUCT DESIGN PROCESS AND CONCURRENT ENGINEERING
Neil Allen and Dr John M.Lewis
chapter |7 pages
EXTENDING DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE TO EVALUATE THE BUSINESS CONSEQUENCES OF DESIGN DECISIONS
Wells I.E. and Love D.M.
chapter |5 pages
IMPLEMENTATION OF CONCURRENT ENGINEERING USING A PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE SYSTEM
B.Porter and M.Cooke
chapter |6 pages
AN IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL APPROACH FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SET-UP REDUCTION TECHNIQUES
G B Gest, S J Culley, R I McIntosh & Dr A R Mileham
chapter |6 pages
THE APPLICATION OF QFD WITHIN THE DESIGN PROCESS
James Scanlan, Alan Winfield and Gordon Smith
chapter |7 pages
THE DESIGN OF THE TABLEWARE FACTORY OF THE FUTURE
Ms Nicky Shaw and Dr Keith Ridgway
chapter |7 pages
AN INTEGRATED DATABASE SYSTEM FOR A TENDER TO DESIGN TO MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
Harald Hubel*, Gary Colquhoun**, Peter Hess*** * ABB Turbinen Nürnberg GmbH, Frankenstra
chapter |6 pages
KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PROCESSES
C.Kant, J.McPhillimy, and G.Capper
chapter |7 pages
AN APPROACH TO MANUFACTURABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY
A J Clark, P G Leaney and B G Samuel*
chapter |6 pages
ADAPTIVE LOGIC NETWORKS APPLICATION ON ASSEMBLY CELL CONTROL: AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY
A.Bikos, Dr. R.F.O’ Connor and Dr. G.B.Williams
chapter |7 pages
A MOTION DESIGN PACKAGE SUPPORTS THE USE OF A PROGRAMMABLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
Andrew Carrott and Dr. Phillip Moore
chapter |5 pages
VIBRATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AS A CONTROL PARAMETER DURING PISTON AND RING INSERTION
Ian McAndrew and Dr James O’Sullivan
chapter |6 pages
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY RULE CHECKER
*A White, *B Sutton, **C Sumpter and **R Jones
chapter |8 pages
CASE STUDY OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS APPLIED TO DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION DESIGN
Mr. P.Kingston, Dr. N.Woolley, Dr. Y.Tridimas and Dr. S.Douglas.
chapter |6 pages
THE AUTOMATED RECOVERY OF AEROFOIL PROFILES ON SUPER NICKEL ALLOY TURBINE BLADES
J Corbett, D J Burdekin, A M King, V C Marrot and F L Martin
chapter |6 pages
GRINDING WHEEL SELECTION USING A NEURAL NETWORK
Y. Li, B.Mills, J.L.Moruzzi and W.Brian Rowe
chapter |6 pages
A COMPARISON BETWEEN BENCHMARKING PROCESS MODELS
Abby Ghobadian, Hong Woo and Jonathan Liu
chapter |6 pages
EFFECT OF STENCIL APERTURE WALL FINISH AND SHAPE ON SOLDER PASTE PRINTING IN SMT
Dr Ndy N Ekere, Dr Samjid H Mannan, Miss Ismarani Ismail and Mr Mark A Currie
chapter |6 pages
GAS SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING, IMPROVING QUALITY BY MINIMISATION OF DEFECTS
C S Kirk, A R Mileham*
chapter |6 pages
A GENERIC COMPUTER MODEL FOR HIGH SPEED MACHINING WITH AN INTEGRATED DATABASE
Mr Israel Dagiloke, Dr Andrew Kaldos, Dr Steve Douglas and Prof Ben Mills
chapter |6 pages
APPLICATION AND DESIGN OF BURR TOOLS
Dr D Ashman*, A Hayward, Dr W A Draper*, J Kempson* *—University of Central England in Birmingham, Birmingham, †—Morrisflex Ltd., London Road, Braunston, Northants, NN11
chapter |7 pages
A NOVEL MACHINABILITY ASSESSOR FOR FERROUS ALLOYS
Mr Ian Carpenter and Dr Paul Maropoulos
chapter |8 pages
Turning Of Metal Matrix Composite (MMC)
A.Jawaid and A.Abdullah Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, U.K International Islamic University, 46700 Petaling Java, Selangor,
chapter |8 pages
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CAD/CAM LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM
Dr Janos Takacs*, Dr Andrew Kaldos** and Prof Ben Mills**
chapter 3|7 pages
D DATA COLLECTION FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION
J.Keat, V.Balendran, K.Sivayoganathan, and A.Sackfield*
