Manufacturing at Double the Speed
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 229 (2016) 729–757 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Materials Processing Technology jo urnal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jmatprotec Manufacturing at double the speed a,∗ b c d Julian M. Allwood , Tom H.C. Childs , Adam T. Clare , Anjali K.M. De Silva , e a c a Vimal Dhokia , Ian M. Hutchings , Richard K. Leach , David R. Leal-Ayala , c f g h Stewart Lowth , Candice E. Majewski , Adelaide Marzano , Jörn Mehnen , e i g j j i Aydin Nassehi , Erdem Ozturk , Mark H. Raffles , Raj Roy , Islam Shyha , Sam Turner a Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom b School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom c Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom d Department of Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom e Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, United Kingdom f Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom g School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom h Manufacturing Department, Cranfield University, United Kingdom i Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom j Department of Mechanical & Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, United Kingdom a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The speed of manufacturing processes today depends on a trade-off between the physical processes of Received 22 July 2015 production, the wider system that allows these processes to operate and the co-ordination of a supply Received in revised form 18 October 2015 chain in the pursuit of meeting customer needs.
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