1. IENG 475: Computer-Controlled Manufacturing Systems
IENG Lecture 14
Automation Ethics, Principles & Strategies
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IENG 475: Computer-Controlled Manufacturing Systems
(c) 2006, D.H. Jensen

2. IENG 475: Computer-Controlled Manufacturing Systems
Assignments
End of Lecture Schedule
Today: HW 06 due start of class, Review
Wednesday: HW Solutions
Monday: Exam II, 2:00 – 2:50 PM, in here
See instructor ASAP if CANNOT be present
Next Wed: Exam solution, project work
Laboratory
ACL Robot Programming – optional: can make-up labs
Complete Design, Programming & Planning
Estimate times, plan for production
Each member has responsibilities – document in ALL engineering notebooks
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3. Project Demonstration: Schedule before Noon on Last Day of Term
Organize Team for Production Demonstration
Production:
½ hour to Set Up, up to 1-1/2 hours for Demo
Must use at least 5 machines
Lab Safety: Personnel, Equipment, Fixtures, Tools, Materials
Operations: Operation Safety, Quality, Optimization
Assembly: Fit, Function, Finish
Equipment: SOPs, Homing, Select Tool, Touch-Off, 5S
Timing & Bonuses: Demonstration of IE EM skills, tools, & methods
Documentation:
Materials Listing* (BOM & dimensions, at least two days before)
Tooling Listing (tools required for your production)
Program Listings (electronic in jump drive folder, NOT hardcopy)
Work Instructions (process plan for setups, programs, timing)
Routing with Illustration of each piece – may be one or more pages
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4. Project Report: Due before Noon, on Last Day of Term
Organizes ALL Information Necessary for Production
Introduction
Problem Statement
Product Description
Product Characteristics, Feature Operations, Storage & Maintenance
Manufacturing Process Summary
Capacity Requirements (personnel and equipment)
Process Description (operation process chart)
Estimated Time & Costs
Conclusion & Recommendations
Appendices
Appendix A: Indented Bill of Materials
Appendix B: Work Instructions
Appendix C: Tooling and Fixtures Listing
Appendix D: Routing Sheets
Appendix E: Engineering Notebook Copies
Appendix F: Operating Instructions (Optional – Bonus)
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5. Automation Ethics: Three Laws and Four D’s
Asimov’s Three Laws (automated):
Automation must not harm a human being, nor through inaction allow one to come to harm.
Automation must always obey human beings, unless that is in conflict with the first law.
Automation must protect itself from harm, unless that is in conflict with the first two laws.
Applications (Four D’s of Automation):
Dirty
Dull
Difficult
Dangerous (in which order – priority?)
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6. IENG 475: Computer-Controlled Manufacturing Systems
How Should We Compete?
Legally
Ethically
Dimensions
Public
Competitors
Client / Employer
Profession / Staff
Is there an ethical competitive advantage?
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7. Automation Ethics: Stakeholders
Who has a stake in automation?
Manufacturing Firms
End Customers
Engineers and Managers
Production Employees
Direct Labor
Indirect Labor
Society:
Local, Regional, National, Global
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8. Beyond Automation: Lean Automation
Lean: “doing more and more with less:
Less human effort
Less equipment
Less time
Less space
while coming closer and closer to providing customers with exactly what they want.”
(What the customer is willing to pay for!)
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9. Lean Automation – Summary
Four Principles:
Minimize waste
Perfect, first-time quality
Flexible production systems
Continuous improvement
Maximize Value Added Ratio:
VAR = Time Spent in Physical Change that the Customer will Pay For
Total Time in Process
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10. Beyond Automation & Lean: Agility
Agile: “an enterprise level…strategy of introducing new products into rapidly changing markets, and an organizational ability to thrive in a competitive environment characterized by continuous and sometimes unforeseen change.”
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11. Beyond Automation & Lean: Agility
Four Principles:
Organization to master change
Leverage the impact of people and information
Cooperation to enhance competitiveness
Enriching the customer
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12. Agility: Organization
For the Product Design System
Customizable
Upgradeable
Reconfigurable
Modular
Frequent Model Changes
Platforms for information and services
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13. Agility: Organization
For the Marketing System
Proactive & aggressive
Obsolescing successful products
Frequent new product introductions
Life cycle product support
Pricing by customer value
Niche by niche market competition
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14. Agility: Organization
For the Production System
Cost effective at low volume production
Producing to CUSTOMER order
Mass customization
Using reconfigurable and reusable resources
Bringing customers into the production process
Integrating business and production procedures
Production systems that extend from the supplier through the customer
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15. Agility: Relationships
Imperatives:
Management for motivation and support among employees
Trust-based relationships
Workforce empowerment
Shared responsibility
Pervasive entrepreneurial spirit
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16. Agility: Valuing Knowledge
Open communication & information access
Pervasive openness to learning
Knowledge & learning ability are the keys to change adaptation
Organizational promotion of, and support for, continuous education for all employees
Effective management of competencies
Inventorying, and
Capitalizing
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17. IENG 475: Computer-Controlled Manufacturing Systems
Questions & Issues
Finish designing your product
Start to prototype your part programs
Optimize & finalize design & production methods
Consolidate programs in folders on machine(s)
Organization for production – personnel, tools
BOM for demo, (personal production is later)
Schedule project demo – at least a day in advance
Class on Wednesday – HW Solutions
Last Exam is MONDAY, 2:00 – 2:50 PM
Next Wednesday – exam soln & project work
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IENG 475: Computer-Controlled Manufacturing Systems