Design of adaptive function blocks for dynamic assembly planning and control

In today’s competitive market, the life cycle of products is shrinking while product variety is growing. The product mix in small batches contributes to manufacturing uncertainty. Meanwhile, ever-growing business globalization and outsourcing also influence manufacturing. In such a dynamic environment, adaptability is of great importance. It is essential to develop a system that enables not only adaptive decision making, but also effective decision execution. Targeting manufacturing uncertainty, this paper reports a new framework and methodology for adaptive assembly planning using function blocks, which can be used directly for assembly control.