Integrated And Collaborative Product Development Environment: Technologies And Implementations

Integrated And Collaborative Product Development Environment: Technologies And Implementations
Author: Andrew Yeh Ching Nee
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2006-03-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9814472964

With the rapid advances in computing and Internet technologies, an integrated and collaborative environment, which is based on the complementary functions of concurrent engineering and Internet-based collaborative engineering, is imperative for companies to facilitate and expedite the product realization processes. Topics such as concurrent and collaborative engineering, feature-based design and manufacturing, evolutionary computational techniques such as Tabu Search, Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms features, intelligent and computer-aided process planning are important strategies and enabling technologies for developing an integrative environment, facilitating modern product design and development. This book covers the state-of-the-art research and development status of these strategies and technologies. Implementation strategies and case studies are provided with an emphasis on technical details to help readers understand the underlying algorithms and infrastructures.

Design Reuse In Product Development Modeling, Analysis And Optimization

Design Reuse In Product Development Modeling, Analysis And Optimization
Author: Soh Khim Ong
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2008-11-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9814470503

Efficient management of product information is vital for manufacturing enterprises in this information age. Considering the proliferation of product information, tight production schedules, and intense market competition, human intelligence alone cannot meet the requirements of efficient product development. Technologies and tools that support information management are urgently needed. This volume presents the design reuse methodology to support product development. Significant efforts have been made to create an intelligent and optimal design environment by incorporating the contemporary technologies in product family design, artificial intelligence, neural networks, information theories, etc. This volume covers both theoretical topics and implementation strategies, with detailed case studies to help readers gain an insight in areas such as product information modeling, information analysis, engineering optimization, production cost estimation, and product performance evaluation.

Cloud Manufacturing

Cloud Manufacturing
Author: Weidong Li
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447149351

Global networks, which are the primary pillars of the modern manufacturing industry and supply chains, can only cope with the new challenges, requirements and demands when supported by new computing and Internet-based technologies. Cloud Manufacturing: Distributed Computing Technologies for Global and Sustainable Manufacturing introduces a new paradigm for scalable service-oriented sustainable and globally distributed manufacturing systems. The eleven chapters in this book provide an updated overview of the latest technological development and applications in relevant research areas. Following an introduction to the essential features of Cloud Computing, chapters cover a range of methods and applications such as the factors that actually affect adoption of the Cloud Computing technology in manufacturing companies and new geometrical simplification method to stream 3-Dimensional design and manufacturing data via the Internet. This is further supported case studies and real life data for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) remanufacturing. This compilation of up to date research and literature can be used as a textbook or reference for mechanical, manufacturing, and computer engineering graduate students and researchers for efficient utilization, deployment and development of distributed and Cloud manufacturing systems, services and applications.

Concurrent Engineering in the 21st Century

Concurrent Engineering in the 21st Century
Author: Josip Stjepandić
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 836
Release: 2015-01-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 331913776X

Presenting the gradual evolution of the concept of Concurrent Engineering (CE), and the technical, social methods and tools that have been developed, including the many theoretical and practical challenges that still exist, this book serves to summarize the achievements and current challenges of CE and will give readers a comprehensive picture of CE as researched and practiced in different regions of the world. Featuring in-depth analysis of complex real-life applications and experiences, this book demonstrates that Concurrent Engineering is used widely in many industries and that the same basic engineering principles can also be applied to new, emerging fields like sustainable mobility. Designed to serve as a valuable reference to industry experts, managers, students, researchers, and software developers, this book is intended to serve as both an introduction to development and as an analysis of the novel approaches and techniques of CE, as well as being a compact reference for more experienced readers.

Financial Innovation and Engineering in Islamic Finance

Financial Innovation and Engineering in Islamic Finance
Author: Samir Alamad
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-04-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319529471

This book provides two important contributions to existing theories in the financial innovation literature. First, it extends the existing literature of innovation orientation to a completely new field and construct that is based on a religious imperative as a framework within which financial innovation is constrained. It explains how an innovation orientation in IFIs can be directed within religious rules, which indicates that innovation orientation in IFIs is a learning philosophy. Second, the book introduces and examines the plasticity of Shariah as a shared boundary object and its dynamic role in managing tension and conflicting values in the financial innovation process. Furthermore, building on the empirical results, the study illustrates the insights that each theoretical lens affords into practices of collaboration and develops a novel analytical framework for understanding religious orientation towards financial innovation. This practical contribution, of the developed framework, could form the basis for a standardised framework for the Islamic finance industry. The book concludes by noting the policy and managerial implications of its findings and provides directions for further research.

Proceedings of 5th International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing

Proceedings of 5th International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing
Author: Lihui Wang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2020-05-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030462129

This book gathers the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing (AMP 2020), held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 1–4 June 2020. The event marks the latest in a series of high-level conferences that bring together experts from academia and industry to exchange knowledge, ideas, experiences, research findings, and information in the field of manufacturing. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including: design of smart and intelligent products, developments in CAD/CAM technologies, rapid prototyping and reverse engineering, multistage manufacturing processes, manufacturing automation in the Industry 4.0 model, cloud-based products, and cyber-physical and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. By providing updates on key issues and highlighting recent advances in manufacturing engineering and technologies, the book supports the transfer of vital knowledge to the next generation of academics and practitioners. Further, it will appeal to anyone working or conducting research in this rapidly evolving field.

Sustainable Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Management

Sustainable Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Management
Author: Weidong Li
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2018-06-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319734881

This book reports on the latest research and applications in the fields of sustainable manufacturing and remanufacturing, as well as process planning and optimization technologies. It introduces innovative algorithms, methodologies, industrial case studies and applications. It focuses on two topics: sustainable manufacturing for machining technologies and remanufacturing of waste electronic equipment, and various methods are covered for each one, including macro process planning, dynamic scheduling, selective disassembly planning and cloud-based disassembly planning. The experimental analysis provided for every method explains the benefits, as well as how they are sustainable for various real-world applications. Further, a theoretical analysis and algorithm design is presented for each, accompanied by the contributors’ relevant research, including: • step-by-step guides; • application scenarios; • relevant literature surveys; • implementation details and case studies; and • critical reviews on the relevant technologies. This book is a valuable resource for researchers in sustainable manufacturing, remanufacturing and product lifecycle management communities, as well as practicing engineers and decision-makers in industry and all those interested in sustainable product development. It is also useful reading material for postgraduates and academics wanting to conduct relevant research, and a reference resource for manufacturing engineers developing innovative tools and methodologies.

Exploring the Grand Challenges for Next Generation E-Business

Exploring the Grand Challenges for Next Generation E-Business
Author: Raj Sharman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642174493

This book is based on a selection of thoroughly revised and extended best papers from the 8th Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2009) held in Phoenix, AZ, USA, on December 15th, 2009. The 29 papers, which were selected from 70 presentations at the workshop, highlight the enormous developments and potential of e-business at a time when new technologies like cloud computing, collective intelligence, and multi-sided platforms are burgeoning. Among the topics covered are Web-based information systems, RFID and supply chain management, process modeling and standardization, security and privacy issues, social networking and mobility, e-services and market mechanisms, IT portfolio management, and other special topics in e-business such as electronic invoicing.

Fundamentals Of Robotic Grasping And Fixturing

Fundamentals Of Robotic Grasping And Fixturing
Author: Caihua Xiong
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2007-10-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9814474134

This book provides a fundamental knowledge of robotic grasping and fixturing (RGF) manipulation. For RGF manipulation to become a science rather than an art, the content of the book is uniquely designed for a thorough understanding of the RGF from the multifingered robot hand grasp, basic fixture design principle, and evaluating and planning of robotic grasping/fixturing, and focuses on the modeling and applications of the RGF. Compared with existing publications, this volume concentrates more on abstract formulation, i.e. mathematical modeling of robotic grasping and fixturing. Thus, it will be a good reference text for academic researchers, manufacturing and industrial engineers and a textbook for engineering graduate students.The book provides readers an overall picture and scientific basis of RGF, the comprehensive information and mathematic models of developing and applying RGF in industry, and presents long term valuable information which is essential and can be used by technical professions as a good reference.

Collaborative Engineering for Product Design and Development

Collaborative Engineering for Product Design and Development
Author: Leslie Monplaisir
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Collaborative Engineering for Product Design and Development provides an in depth analysis of the collaborative technologies, processes and methodologies to support the product design and development process. The materials covered in the textbook attempt to integrate leading edge research concepts in collaborative product development with current practices in the real world. The book is written by renowned experts in the field of collaborative product development and provided total coverage of current technologies and tools and their applications to the product development. The book is an excellent text and a perfect reference for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, engineers and practitioners in the field of collaborative product design, development and engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering and computer integrated manufacturing.