Types Of Manufacturing Systems

Guild manufacturing system:

Guild manufacturing system deals with craftsmen association. The guilds are built by an orthodox organization of workers in coordination with cartel, trade union and society. Guilds are recognized as modern trade unions of corporate system.

Putting out system:

Putting out system is also referred as workshop system. This was carried out under cottage roofs. This system was soon replaced by inside contracting in factories. Domestic system was as popular as putting out system of cloth industries. It is also practiced in many iron making process industries. It existed in 19^th century till industrial revolution took the shape.

English system of manufacturing:

The oldest system of industries requires skilled individuals to design the manufacturing model. It plays an important role as each part is mechanically designed. This led to the production of counterparts or interchangeable parts. It helps in mass production of industries.  English system of manufacturing was used in Napoleonic war in 1803.

American system of manufacturing:

This system was developed in 19^th century. It utilizes semi skill labors, machine tools, tolerance limits, and interchangeable parts. It is also referred as armory practice. It increases efficiency of labor and gains.

Mass production system:

This system is also referred as series production, flow production, repetitive production and or serial production. It concerns about large production of standardized end products. It was originated in 1926 and later improved.

Just in management system:

This system is inventory strategy and is also referred as Toyota Production System. It depends on Kanban symbols. This is nothing is but inventory is waste system. This system concerns about environment.

Lean manufacturing system:

It refers to resource expenditure. It is derived from Toyota Production System in 1990’s of Japanese industry. It enhances the efficiency of system. It is main pillar of Just in management system

Flexible manufacturing system:

System which provides some flexible mechanical reaction changes due to some predicted or unpredicted reasons is referred as flexible manufacturing system. A major category of flexible manufacturing system is machine flexibility and routing flexibility.

Agile manufacturing system:

Industries which manufacture machine tools adopt agile manufacturing systems. Agile manufacturer are enabling factors. It delivers valued system with all skills to customers.

Rapid manufacturing system:

It is an added solid manufacturing of machinery objects. Mathematical model is controlled through computer. It concerns more production with many layered sectors.

Questions:

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