Flexible Manufacturing Chain: A SCM for Electronic Commerce Enterprise in Clothing Industry Based on Activiti

Flexible manufacturing chain with integrated incremental bending and Q-P heat treatment for on-demand production of AHSS safety parts

Journal of Materials Processing Technology ◽

10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2019.116312 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 275 ◽

pp. 116312 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter Frohn-Sörensen ◽

Bohuslav Mašek ◽

Martin F.-X. Wagner ◽

Kateřina Rubešová ◽

Omid Khalaj ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heat Treatment ◽

Flexible Manufacturing ◽

On Demand ◽

Manufacturing Chain

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Women Workers in a Restructured Domestic Apparel Industry

Economic Development Quarterly ◽

10.1177/089124249400800209 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 197-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ellen I. Rosen

Keyword(s):

Women Workers ◽

Flexible Manufacturing ◽

Apparel Industry ◽

Clothing Industry ◽

Labor Intensity ◽

Retail Markets ◽

Quality Of Work ◽

Wage Work ◽

Apparel Production

In the context of theories of gender and skill, this article provides an analysis of the way new efforts to restructure domestic apparel production are affecting women production workers. The theoretical framework embodies the notion that skill has traditionally been defined by the work that men do. Women's socially and culturally devalued position has relegated them to labor-intensive, low-wage work, traditionally seen as unskilled. The emergence of new forms of international trade, changing U.S. policies, and transformations in America's financial and retail markets have contributed to new forms of labor intensity for women apparel operators. Evidence from a study of the men's tailored clothing industry and other firms producing comparable garments leads to the conclusion that efforts to restructure domestic apparel production through flexible manufacturing tend to create new forms of taylorist production in certain segments of the industry. Rather than improving the quality of work for women apparel operators, flexible manufacturing tends to intensify the labor of these workers and may have the potential to contribute to their experience of declining wages.

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A Novel Manufacturing Chain for Low Cost 3D Textile Reinforced Polymer Composites

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.980.230 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 980 ◽

pp. 230-234

Author(s):

Ana Almansa ◽

Monireh Fazeli ◽

Benoit Laurent ◽

Pere Padros ◽

Marianne Hörlesberger

Keyword(s):

Flexible Manufacturing ◽

Large Scale ◽

Low Cost ◽

Composite Part ◽

Hybrid Yarn ◽

Reinforced Polymer ◽

Novel Approach ◽

End Products ◽

The Individual ◽

Manufacturing Chain

The project 3D-LightTrans aims to create a highly flexible manufacturing chain for the low cost production of integral large scale 3D textile reinforced polymer composite parts. In a novel approach, multi-material semi-finished fabrics made of hybrid yarn are formed to deep draped pre-fixed multi-layered and multifunctional 3D-textile pre-forms. These are then efficiently processed into the final composite part by thermoforming. This paper presents the results achieved by the project consortium during the last three years, including the development and optimization of the individual processes for prototype production, with a focus on two selected automotive end products, and the adaption of equipment for industrial scale manufacturing.

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Flexible Manufacturing of Double-Curved Sheet Metal Panels for the Realization of Self-Supporting Freeform Structures

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.639.41 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 639 ◽

pp. 41-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

David Bailly ◽

Markus Bambach ◽

Gerhard Hirt ◽

Thorsten Pofahl ◽

Giovanni Della Puppa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sheet Metal ◽

Flexible Manufacturing ◽

Development Stage ◽

Efficient Solutions ◽

Small Scale ◽

Production Safety ◽

Wide Range ◽

Cost Efficient ◽

Collaboration Process ◽

Manufacturing Chain

Product development is complex due to the manifold requirements resulting from various perspectives, such as design, production, safety and sales. A concurrent engineering (CE) approach permits to respect all perspectives in the early development stage. However, in the architecture and construction sector for example, CE is particularly difficult to realize, because the central steering for this collaboration process is missing. Thus, the application of CE in the research sector can promote technical progress and cost reduction. In the specific field of freeform architecture, in most cases an individual shape of single components is unavoidable and the use of standard components impossible. Due to missing universal and mature construction concepts for freeform buildings, they are mostly realized with customized solutions often including material-consuming substructures, while the visible skin has only limited structural and functional properties.In this context the present paper proposes a novel universal panel system made of double-curved sheet metal layers enabling the assembly of self-supporting lightweight structures for the realization of freeform surfaces. The panel system has been developed in cooperation of architects, construction and production engineers, successfully applying an interdisciplinary CE approach. As a result, the concept allows for material and cost efficient solutions applicable for a wide range of freeform applications. The detailed development of the panel system is still in progress.Besides the general panel concept, the paper presents in particular the corresponding manufacturing chain and the tooling concept. Accounting for the varying part geometries in this application a flexible manufacturing chain based on the combination of stretch forming and incremental sheet forming has been developed. The entire production process is implemented in a single machine setup and successfully tested on a small-scale prototype.

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