tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post557323660172556402..comments2023-03-01T07:46:47.230-05:00Comments on Pursuit of Unorthodox Ideas: Instant Gratification Culture Demands a New Manufacturing ParadigmSK Guptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212054102534056561noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post-74755084148408827772013-04-16T00:12:07.061-04:002013-04-16T00:12:07.061-04:00Your thoughts on relating the instant gratificatio...Your thoughts on relating the instant gratification culture to burst production is very interesting. On a similar note, I would compare it to ‘manufacturing readiness’, in the same sense as to catering to immediate requirements. The realization of innovative technologies is crucial to satisfy the instant gratification culture. 3D printing, distributed digital manufacturing, agile robots, etc., are favorable technologies to help realize the vision of burst manufacturing. However, there are still hurdles that need to be overcome to help realize the full potential of such promising technologies. Catering to the desired material properties, managing an efficient production information system, modular designs, standards, etc., are some of the challenges we face to ‘design for burst production’.Maheshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291767075543138393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post-63851096659140123132013-04-12T03:53:23.008-04:002013-04-12T03:53:23.008-04:00Great post. Very informative. Thanks for sharing.Great post. Very informative. Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post-36743582931695971402013-04-01T16:13:14.474-04:002013-04-01T16:13:14.474-04:00Kudos for such a nice and pertinent article!
I am...Kudos for such a nice and pertinent article!<br /><br />I am completely agree that role of 3d printing, especially the multi-material printers, will be crucial in tackling challenges thrown by burst manufacturing paradigm. The cost of such 3d printers are going to go down in future and the number of "simultaneous" materials available for layer wise deposition is going to go up. Given this eventuality, what is needed is an integrated design and multi-material 3D printable manufacturing paradigm that considers designing products in light of fabricating them in multi-material 3d printers. There is no to very little research in this direction...Rahul Raihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931069694692068382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post-24944138251515536182013-03-26T09:07:57.065-04:002013-03-26T09:07:57.065-04:00The shift to overseas manufacturing has disproport...The shift to overseas manufacturing has disproportionately impacted the smaller companies. The bigger companies have the resources to shift manufacturing anywhere in the world that makes sense to them. <br /><br />The smaller manufacturing companies have been decimated, and very few new manufacturing start ups are happening. This is bad for the economy as fewer jobs are available. The next generation of big manufacturing companies will not be US based as it is the small companies that grow to become larger. Besides direct impact on manufacturing jobs, a large number of jobs in design and intellectual property are lost as well. Real world design does not happen in isolation but needs to be grounded in manufacturing for the consumer.<br /><br />Access to cheap manufacturing is one part of the puzzle. Another part may be access to knowledge and access to cheap tests to ensure that the manufactured product is reliable and of good quality. <br /><br />There is a knowledge component of the manufacturing and testing process that machines do not capture, and this can be a critical advantage if properly implemented.<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563889112303690266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post-2702569689104835972013-03-25T21:07:13.309-04:002013-03-25T21:07:13.309-04:00I enjoyed reading this article very much.
A vari...I enjoyed reading this article very much. <br /><br />A variety of interesting methods--3D printing, setup minimization, programming by demonstration, self-calibration systems--to replicate burst production in the manufacturing sector are mentioned. <br /><br />Some techniques I would like to add to the list are human-robot collaboration (HRC), augmented reality based systems, and automated multimodal instruction presentation systems that eliminate human errors during assembly on the shop floor.<br /><br />Articles like these engage us into brainstorming "out of the box" ideas in order to solve strategic problems facing our economy!! <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197477385747188966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post-73860828516939761012013-03-25T11:00:23.692-04:002013-03-25T11:00:23.692-04:00One of the biggest issue the industry faces is bei...One of the biggest issue the industry faces is being able to do short production runs. Large volume production (10,000+ Expected annual usage) are addressed by processes such as injection molding which present wide material choices. Prototyping runs are addressed by 3D printing (and in most cases conventional machining) etc. However the challenge remains in finding a suitable process for medium run production (100-1000 EAU). Mold tool "recycling" seems to be a great way of doing this. But most companies find setting up the CAD/IT systems to manage this extremely challenging. Arvind Ananthanarayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809970398434059661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484943102107739496.post-13518488105701086542013-03-24T16:22:11.463-04:002013-03-24T16:22:11.463-04:00Thanks for an interesting article. I want to add c...Thanks for an interesting article. I want to add couple of points:<br />1) From company's perspective, should they encourage this new breed of customers and start investing heavily in satiating their demands? Is it good for the long term growth of the company?<br /><br />Due to high demand and competition, companies now-a-days tend to launch their products prematurely without rigorous testing. Hence, the companies are putting themselves in the risk of damaging their goodwill as well as vulnerable to legal lawsuits.<br /><br />2) Companies now-a-days seem to compromise longevity as a criteria in designing their products. The reason is obvious. They want the customers to come back and buy their new products. This model may work very well for this new set of customers you mentioned or for the luxury products that are designed for rich customers.<br /><br />However, products like smartphones, laptops can play a significant role in improving quality of life in many developing countries. The success of a company depends on how they are penetrating new markets. Longevity is an important product criterion in alluring those customers. More than 80% of world population lives in developing countries. Ignoring this huge market may not be good for American companies and American manufacturing in the long run. <br /><br />3) This culture of burst production may pose a potential risk to the environment in future. Customers tend to dump the old products to embrace the new ones although the old ones are working just fine. That means there will be a recyclability problem. Compact products with large number of electronics are very difficult to recycle. <br /> <br />4) Making a production line that can be highly flexible will be good for future manufacturing. A production line where high skilled human workers and robots can collaborate and switch their tasks will be highly flexible. Companies can allocate their resources efficiently on a flexible production line. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628146870221633976noreply@blogger.com