Agile Production

Agile pro­duc­tion began as a busi­ness con­cept but has turned into a new form of man­u­fac­tur­ing that may change the pro­duc­tion world in the future. Lean man­u­fac­tur­ing once dom­i­nat­ed pro­duc­tion lines but it now has a new oppo­nent that is chal­leng­ing tra­di­tion­al man­u­fac­tur­ing once char­ac­ter­ized by high order quan­ti­ties, capac­i­ty, and inventory.

Def­i­n­i­tion:

Agile man­u­fac­tur­ing is the process­es, tools, and train­ing need­ed to react swift­ly to cus­tomer needs and changes in the mar­ket while still being able to con­trol cost and qual­i­ty. It involves strat­e­gy for incor­po­rat­ing veloc­i­ty and flex­i­bil­i­ty with a make-to-order or con­fig­ure-to-order pro­duc­tion process. The ide­al for agile in pro­duc­tion is to have mar­gin­al changeover time and inter­rup­tions. It also includes a low vol­ume of prod­ucts with high flex­i­bil­i­ty for customization.

Suc­cess and Benefits: 

Agile man­u­fac­tur­ing is most suc­cess­ful in envi­ron­ments where spe­cial­iza­tion, cus­tomiza­tion, and con­fig­u­ra­tion have a com­pet­i­tive edge. The key to agile pro­duc­tion is cus­tomer sat­is­fac­tion. This is achieved through pro­duc­ing prod­ucts with speed and ver­sa­til­i­ty while meet­ing cus­tomer needs.

With pro­duc­tion agile suc­cess comes sev­er­al ben­e­fits which include:

• Specialization
• Customization
• Flexibility
• Low cost
• High quality
• Low inventory
• Short lead time

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