Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Cim) Implementations and Problems in a Company

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Introduction

HYNU Manufacturing Co. Ltd in China has several problems that are needed to be solved efficiently. Which is why, implementing CIM has become the best solution for the company to minimize and solve the problems they are facing. In this assignment, I will give recommendations for the company of how to implement CIM in their factory and what will be the results of CIM there. In addition, IDEF0 diagram will be provided for better display of layout in HYNU. By implementing CIM, the workflow of HYNU will be improved from conventional to concurrent way.

Problems

To implement CIM precisely and accurately, it is better to implement them on the basis of each problems that the company faced. Here are the lists of some problems and suggestions for the company that will be greatly affected by the implementation of CIM:

a. Increasing number of requests to manufacture customised parts:

Manufacturing customized parts required a great deal of accuracy, innovation and the application of differentiation process. Therefore, the key is to produce the part right the first time and spend less time and cost to figure out how to solve the problems. To achieve this, several things could be implemented to improve the current performances of the company. They are:

* TQM and Six Sigma: By applying quality management system and six sigma, defects are reduced and the pars are likely to be produced accurately.

* Virtual Prototype: to simulate the behavior of the product and optimize the design before the first physical prototype construction, so that time and cost of producing products may be reduced while accuracy and quality improved

* Solidworks, Virtools(Software perspectives)

* Computer desktop (for example Windows) that are connected to the central database for easier information sharing (Hardware perspectives)

b. Poor traceability of design changes

Design changes in manufacturing operation should be managed effectively and the changes...