Our customers come to us when they believe they can solve a problem in the market or when the window of market opportunity is opening up quickly and they need a partner to rapidly respond.
To be a great manufacturing partner for you, we have built our manufacturing processes and team to provide quality products in a rapid manner and within budgetary constraints. That’s where our reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) comes into play.
If your manufacturing partner takes weeks to set up and requires high MOQ’s and can’t re-configure quickly for the market changes then you risk missing out. Velocity of sales change, the product mix changes (quickly), seasonality matters, the custom requirements for customers are real.
Semi Exact Manufacturing has built a capability stack that can scale at both the systems level and the machine level. When the mix changes we can adapt, as our tooling is built to convert quickly.For example, this means our welding fixtures produce multiple part numbers in the same part family, giving flexibility to the varying size requirements of your customers without materially increasing changeover time.
As we design parts for laser cutting or bending, we create parametric models that can easily change based on mix. In order to facilitate customization at scale we built our own MRP / MES software systems that run from order entry through fulfillment follow-up, ensuring quality throughout and adhering to our fundamentals of PDCA.
A distinguished professor from the University of Michigan, Yoram Koren, created the concept of a reconfigurable manufacturing system.
Koren definied six key characteristics of an RMS:
“Exactly the capacity and functionality needed, exactly when needed.”
- Scalability
- Convertability
- Diagnosibility
- Modularity
- Integrability
- Customization
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A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) is a type of automated production facility that provides companies with the ability to quickly produce different products. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems have increasingly become a popular choice for companies that face rapidly changing markets and high competition due to their ability to quickly change product lines. A reconfigurable manufacturing system provides substantial advantages over other methods, including having the ability to produce multiple products with lower costs than traditional production processes while also increasing productivity by optimizing workflows through automation.
RMSs have increasingly become popular as they can help companies adapt to changing markets, high competition, and short product lifecycles. By implementing an RMS, companies can save money due to their reduced inventory requirements and better control over production scheduling.
Reconfigurable manufacturing systems have increasingly become a popular choice for companies that face rapidly changing markets and high competition due to their ability to quickly change product lines. A reconfigurable manufacturing system provides substantial advantages over other methods, including having the ability to produce multiple products with lower costs than traditional production processes while also increasing productivity by optimizing workflows through automation.
An excellent full article on RMS's can be found here: Yoram KOREN et al. RMS: Principles, design, and trends.
