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Section 1.11 General Trends in Manufacturing

ll. Weight savings are being achieved with the use of materials with higher
strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios, particularly in the automo-
tive and aerospace industries.

Manufacturing operations
I2. Improvements are being made in predictive models of the effects of material-
processing parameters on product integrity, applied during a product’s design
stage.
I3. Developments continue in ultraprecision manufacturing, micromanufacturing,
and nanomanufacturing, approaching the level of atomic dimensions.
I4. Computer simulation, modeling, and control strategies are being applied to all
areas of manufacturing.
I5. Rapid-prototyping technologies are increasingly being applied to the produc-
tion of tooling and direct digital manufacturing.
I6. Gptimization of manufacturing processes and production systems are making
them more agile.

Manufacturing systems
l7. Advances in computer software and hardware are being applied to all aspects
of production.
I8. Developments have occurred in control systems, industrial robots, automated
inspection, handling and assembly, and sensor technology.
I9. Lean production and information technology are being implemented as tools
to help meet major global challenges.

Goals in manufacturing
20 View manufacturing activities not as individual, separate tasks, but as making
up a large system, with all its parts interrelated.
2| Meet all design requirements, product speci/Qcations, and relevant national
and international standards for products.
22 Build quality into the product at each stage of its production.
23 Implement the most economical and environmentally friendly (green) manu-
facturing methods.
24 Continually evaluate advances in materials, production methods, and
computer integration, with a view toward realizing their appropriate, timely,
and economical implementation.
25 Adopt production methods that are sufficiently flexible in order to rapidly
respond to changing global market demands and provide on-time delivery to
the customer.
26 Continue efforts aimed at achieving higher lez/els of productivity and eliminat-
ing or minimizing waste with optimum use of an organization’s resources.
27. Cooperate with customers for timely feedback for continuous improvement of
a company’s products.