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dc.contributor.author | Pei, E | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-23T14:28:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-23T14:28:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Assembly Automation, 32 (2) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aa.2012.03332baa.001 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/19407 | - |
dc.description.abstract | At this time of writing, the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) indicated that the UK Manufacturing has hit a 28-month low. As output, new orders and employment have declined; the UK manufacturing sector fell back into contraction to its lowest level since June 2009. It is a sign of low market confidence and uncertainty. In the report, the most worrying aspect is that new orders have nosedived most since March 2009 and output is now sustained through a backlog of work. The traditional manufacturing industries that have kept the UK economy buoyant is facing bleak times and the fact that the Eurozone is also in a crisis. Despite these troubled times, the UK Government hopes that precision engineering and high-value manufacturing sector will create jobs and help tackle record youth unemployment. One such industry is the aviation sector where design for manufacturing has been used as a good industry practice so that products can be manufactured more easily without sacrificing safety. Fundamentally, this can be achieved through two principles: reducing the number of assembly operations by part reduction; or by making the assembly operation easier to perform. This has been something of a holy grail to manufacturing industries where part reduction, cutting the use of fasteners and light-weight materials are favourable for cost savings. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Emerald | en_US |
dc.subject | Manufacturing | en_US |
dc.subject | precision engineering | en_US |
dc.subject | high-value manufacturing | en_US |
dc.subject | Production | en_US |
dc.title | Design for Manufacturing | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aa.2012.03332baa.001 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Journal of Assembly Automation | - |
pubs.issue | 2 | - |
pubs.volume | 32 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Design School Research Papers |
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