RMS Principles
Reconfigurable manufacturing systems operate according to a set of basic principles formulated by professor Yoram Koren and are called Koren’s RMS principles. The more of these principles applicable to a given manufacturing system, the more reconfigurable is that system. The RMS principles are:
1. The RMS is designed for adjustable production resources to respond to imminent needs. * The RMS capacity is rapidly scalable in small, optimal increments. * The RMS functionality is rapidly adaptable to the production of new products.
2. To enhance the speed of responsiveness of a manufacturing system, core RMS characteristics should be embedded in the whole system as well as in its components (mechanical, communications and controls).
3. The RMS is designed around a part family, with just enough customized flexibility needed to produce all parts in that family.
4. The RMS contains an economic equipment mix of flexible (e.g., CNC) and reconfigurable machines with customized flexibility, such as Reconfigurable Machine Tools, Reconfigurable Inspection Machines, and Reconfigurable Assembly Machines.
5. The RMS possesses hardware and software capabilities to cost-effectively respond to unpredictable events — both external (market changes) and intrinsic events (machine failure).
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