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    Agile manufacturing is an enterprise strategy that allows companies to introduce new products quickly into rapidly changing markets. It focuses on being adaptable to changes through flexible reconfiguration of resources and empowering employees. Key principles include organizing to adapt quickly to changes, leveraging people and knowledge, cooperating internally and externally, and delighting customers. Market forces driving agility are intensifying competition, fragmented markets, cooperative business relationships, changing customer expectations, and increasing societal pressures. Approaches to agility involve reorganizing production systems, managing relationships differently, and valuing knowledge.

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    Agile manufacturing is an enterprise strategy that allows companies to introduce new products quickly into rapidly changing markets. It focuses on being adaptable to changes through flexible reconfiguration of resources and empowering employees. Key principles include organizing to adapt quickly to changes, leveraging people and knowledge, cooperating internally and externally, and delighting customers. Market forces driving agility are intensifying competition, fragmented markets, cooperative business relationships, changing customer expectations, and increasing societal pressures. Approaches to agility involve reorganizing production systems, managing relationships differently, and valuing knowledge.

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    AGILE

    MANUFACTURING
    A BRIEF

    WHAT IS AGILE?
    ABLE TO MOVE EASILY AND QUICKLY

    WHAT IS AGILE IN TODAYS


    SCENARIO?
    The markets and their products
    For example cell phones, automobiles
    and other electronic goods.
    The world is now agile on accord of this.

    AGILE MANUFACTURING
    DEFINITION:
    Enterprise level manufacturing strategy of
    introducing new products into rapidly changing
    market and hence thrive in todays competitive
    Market characterised by continuous and
    unforeseen changes.

    PRINCIPLES OF AGILE MFG


    1.Organize to master change organised to
    adapt to change and uncertainty through rapid
    reconfiguration of
    Physical resources
    Human resources

    PRINCIPLES OF AGILE MFG


    2.Leverage the impact of people and
    information
    Knowledge valued
    Innovation rewarded
    Authority distributed
    Provide resources needed

    PRINCIPLES OF AGILE MFG


    3.Cooperate to increase competitiveness
    Cooperation Internal

    Among employees and

    employer.
    Cooperation External

    Among companies.

    Find resources and competencies

    use them.

    Partnering and virtual enterprise formation.

    PRINCIPLES OF AGILE MFG


    4.Customers delight
    Solutions to issues faced by customer
    Pricing based on value of the solution than
    manufacturing cost.

    What are the market forces


    driving Agile Manufacturing?

    MARKET FORCES DRIVING


    AGILITY
    Intensifying competition
    Fragmentation of markets
    Cooperative business relationships
    Changing customer expectations
    Increased societal pressures
    next

    INTENSIFYING COMPETITION
    Signs of intensifying competition
    Global competition
    Decreasing cost of information
    Growth in communication technology
    Pressure to reduce time to market
    Short products lives
    Increasing pressures on cost and profits

    back

    FRAGMENTATION OF MASS
    MARKETS
    Signs towards fragmented markets
    Emergence of niche markets- example types of
    bat depending on the batting style.
    High rate of model changes
    Declining barriers to market entry from global
    competition
    Shrinking windows of market opportunity

    COOPERATIVE BUSINESS
    RELATIONSHIP
    Forms cooperation:
    Increased inter enterprise cooperation
    Increased outsourcing
    Global sourcing
    Improved labour management relationships
    Formation of virtual enterprise among companies
    Mergers

    back

    CHANGING CUSTOMER
    EXPECTATIONS
    High Quality and low cost were the only criteria
    Now in addition to quality the expectations include
    Rapid product delivery eg FEDEX
    Support through the product life servicing and maintenance
    works from the firm that manufactured the product.
    back

    INCREASING SOCIETAL
    PRESSURES
    Organisation are to be responsive to
    Social issues
    Workforce training and Education
    Legal pressures law, writ, petitions.
    Environmental impact ISO 14000.
    back

    What are the approaches to


    Agility?

    APPROACHES TO AGILITY
    Reorganising production system
    Manage relationships differently
    Value the knowledge.

    REORGANISING PRODUCTION
    SYSTEM
    Changes in 3 basic areas
    Product design- 70 % of mfg cost - important
    Marketing- linked with p.d if flawed products goes waste
    Production operations reorganise factory operations, systems
    and procedures to support operations

    PRODUCT DESIGN
    Characteristics of a agile products :
    Customizable
    Upgradeable
    Reconfigurable
    Design modularity
    Frequent model changes
    Platform for info and services

    MARKETING
    Aggressive and proactive marketing
    Cannibalize successful products
    Frequent new product introductions
    Life cycle product support
    Pricing by customer value
    Effective niche market competitor

    PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
    Objectives consistent with agility:
    Cost effectiveness
    Produce to customer order
    Master mass customization
    Use reconfigurable and reusable processes, tooling and
    resources
    Customization
    Integrate B.F with production and system within system.

    MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS
    Motivation among employees
    Trust based relationships
    Empowered workforce
    Share responsibility for success and failure
    Pervasive entrepreneurial spirit
    Relationships internal , external.

    back

    VALUING KNOWLEDGE
    OBJECTIVES
    Open communication and info access
    Basic attribute to adapt to change
    Encourage continuous training
    Effective management of competency inventory

    AGILE VS MASS
    PRODUCTION
    AGILE

    MASS

    Customized products

    Standardized products

    Short market life

    Long market life

    Make to order

    Market to forecast

    High info content

    Lower info content

    Continuing relationship

    Single time sales

    Pricing by customer value

    Pricing by production cost

    LEAN VS AGILE
    LEAN

    AGILE

    Minimize waste

    Enrich customer

    Perfect first time quality

    Cooperate to enhance competitiveness

    Flexible production lines


    Continuous improvement
    Enhance mass production

    Organize to master change


    Leverage the impact of people and info
    Mass customization

    Flexible production of product variety

    Greater flexibility for customized products


    Focus on factory operations
    Emphasises on Supplier mgmt
    Smooth production schedule

    Wide scope
    Virtual enterprise

    INSTANCES OF AGILE MFG


    Nokia attempting to get back the market lost
    before the Apple- Samsung suite.
    Laptop companies like Sony , Hp, Lenovo,
    Acer, Dell introducing their products in the
    market every 3-5 months

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