We Listen
No single Company or Person has all the answers, this is why we listen to your needs & experience, we can provide the core Business-Engineering framework and Tools, allowing you prioritise and focus on higher level Business and Strategic needs.
Our Tailored Approach
Every Manufacturer is different and has its own pain-points and requirements/needs, however, the steps to the solution are always the same. We bring all the associated skillsets together in alignment, thus providing your Finance-Business-Engineering-Operations Teams with a collective map.
A Pace & Scale that Suites You
The Adaptive Manufacturing Architecture does not require the Manufacture to “Switch” large parts of, or the entire facility, in fact the very opposite, the transition can be at a Scale and Pace that suites the Company or Site.
About Adaptive Manufacturing
WHY Change?
In my experience End Users / Manufacturers have been frustrated with the “Norm” for over 10 years; Monolithic Lines are Inflexible, Inefficient, and very susceptible to Upstream and Downstream variations, in short, the days of stitching together disparate Machines / Processes with conveyors are numbered.
Operation Effenciencies - Zero o
In my experience End Users / Manufacturers have been frustrated with the “Norm” for over 10 years; Monolithic Lines are Inflexible, Inefficient, and very susceptible to Upstream and Downstream variations, in short, the days of stitching together disparate Machines / Processes with conveyors are numbered.
Operation Effenciencies - Zero or Low Changover Time, Zero CiP time, Low CoP Time, Less Waste.
Allow for Planned and Unplanned WIP. Maunufacture on Demand and/or Late Stage Customisation.
WHAT Is Needed - WHAT Benefits?
Bottom Line is - Asset utilisation needs to be Greatly Increased, Types and Sizes of product produced on each line are too limited.
Think of your Manufacturing Site(s) as Modular "Chiplet" APU's or SoC
The "Function" of the Site is Decoupled into Cells/Units, which can be Adapted, Multiplied or Redued to achieve the desired Performance.
You will need a Common Architecture; I will Provide this..
HOW to Change?
HOW to Change?
Technology is Not the Issue here, all the Technology you need is now available....
When you follow the Correct Steps, as I will lay out, startng with the Business Needs and Benefits and creating what I call the Techno/Business Requirements, everything else will fall into place.
The Solution is in how everything works together, Not on discrete Technologies or Projects.
What Needs To Be Done ?
The Vision
Adaptive Manufacturing’s vision is to transform the way Manufactures approach reaching their goals of Productivity, Quality, Market Adaptability, Product Adaptability, Environmental Commitments, Speed of Deployment and opening new Business Models.
Adaptive Manufacturing will fundamentally change how the entire Manufacturing Supply chain operates; this will require far more than just Digital Transformation.
journey through the Adaptive Manufacturing Process
Start with the Business Case Priorities for Changing Operations - Leading to High Level Concept Design.
Problem Statement:
- Operations -
Adaptability is extremely limited, Types and Sizes of product produced on each line are very limited.
Significantly Reduce Changeover and CIP time.
Greatly Reduce Unplanned WIP but still allow for Planned WIP.
Interdependence (Close Coupling) of Process-Primary-Secon
Traditionally Manufacturing has been done either with intermittent Or Continuous motion and processes; by decoupling these but still allowing for Synchronisation, you can bring together the advantages of both these philosophies.
Modules and Stations can be in a Duty-Standby configuration or on a Product Change configuration, without changing the Operation Status of the Machine. It could be a Size
True Simulation uses live Control Software to which Physical representations are Linked. This has hugely significant advantages because Software Development, Physical and Virtual Evolution and early-stage Validation of these Concepts can occur.
The Modular Approach aids this Process even further as simulations at different Scales can be linked together to form larger Site/Factory Production Stres