INTERNATIONAL DEDICATED CONFERENCE ON LEAN/AGILE MANUFACTURING IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
during the
27th International Symposium on Advanced Transportation Applications Aachen, Germany 31st October-4th November 1994
Session Title: Manufacturing Industry Information and Command Interfaces and Lean/Agile Manufacturing in the Automotive Industries
Session Organiser: Dr Jan Goossenaerts, Visiting Research Associate, United Nations University/International Institute of Software Technology (UNU/IIST), Macau
Session Outline: Environment-friendly automotive industries should produce vehicles with low "Material Intensity per Unit Service" (MIPS). High-quality durable vehicles perform better in terms of MIPS, but cause finite markets to evolve from high-growth towards low-replenishment/ no-repair markets. This causes over-capacity for company-networks scaled to growth markets.
A lean and agile network of manufacturing enterprises should avoid over-capacity by targeting excess capabilities on real new market demands. Responses to altering economic environments by automotive industries require multi-enterprise engineering innovations and improvements. Supporting these requires applications that push the current state of information technology.
This session will identify the requirements of inter-organisational engineering and business systems for lean/agile supply-based industries. It intends to draw on reports about leading-edge supply-chain strategies and practices in the automotive industries, and aims to further--through discussion--mutual understanding about the information technology (and other) pre-requisites for lean/agile supply-based industries world-wide.
Note: To support the development of lean/agile manufacturing industries in developing countries, UNU/IIST is doing a Feasibility Study for the MI2CI Project (Manufacturing Industry Information and Command Interfaces. Contributions to this session will be scrutinized for relevance and applicability in the MI2CI Project.
Practical Details: Abstracts for contributions to this session should be submitted, by March 14 or soon after, by fax or mail to both:
ISATA Secretariat (Lean/Agile Manufacturing) 42 Lloyd Park Avenue Croydon, CR0 5SB England telephone: +44-81-681-3069 telefax: +44-81-686-1490 email: 100270.1263@compuserve.com
and
Dr. Jan Goossenaerts UNU/IIST P.O. Box 3058 Macau telephone: +853-712.930 telefax: 853-712.940 email: jago@iist.unu.edu
After acceptance of the abstracts, draft manuscripts should be received on May 16, 1994. Final Papers on July 18, 1994 \\
Please refer to the Call for Papers (to receive this, please contact ISATA Secretariat) for additional information about the conference.
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| Jan Goossenaerts | E-mail: jago@iist.unu.edu |
| Visiting Researcher | |
| UNU/IIST | Fax: +853-712.940 |
| P.O.Box 3058 | Phone: +853-712.930 |
| Macau | |
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| Visiting address: UNU/IIST |
| ---------------- 18/F Ed. Banco Luso Internacional |
| 1-3, Rua Dr. Pedro Jose Lobo |
| Macau |
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