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Manufacturing . . Process of converting raw materials into products. ( Making products from raw materials by various processes, machinery and operations following a well-organized plan for each activity required). Manufacturing . Production . . A manufactured item has a value ? defined as a moneta
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3. Manufacturing may produce, DISCRETE PRODUCTS
Individual parts or part pieces
(nails, gears, engine blocks etc.)
CONTINUOUS PRODUCTS
May be cut into individual pieces
(a spool of wire, metal or plastic sheet, tubes, pipes etc.)
5. Demands and trends in manufacturing Design requirements and specifications
Economical methods – cost minimization
Total quality from design to assembly
Flexibility in production methods
Evaluation of new developments in materials, production methods and computer integration
System approach
High productivity – optimum use of all resources
8. DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY (DFM)
9. MATERIAL SELECTION
10. SELECTING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
11. COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
16. Other tools of computer technologyused in manufacturing Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Expert Systems
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
17. QUALITY ASSURANCE ANDTOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM)