| Abstract [eng] |
When analyzing modern manufacturing companies and future manufacturing trends there is a clear insight for development of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Such systems significantly simplify management and process control and in combination with other organizational methods allow achieving financial goals and meeting market expectations Newly established companies control and plan their manufacturing using simple software packages such as MS Office or universal manufacturing management systems, which fully meet the requirements of small companies. However, with continual business expansion these tools become no longer capable of meeting business needs. Thus, management systems are expanded, integrating them with accounting, logistics and other fields, which support manufacturing. Scientists, studying business process management, state that maturity evaluation is a good way of identifying risks, manufacturing management shortcomings and deducing reasons for said shortcomings. Such self-evaluation provides insight on areas, which need improvement in order to reduce expenses and increase manufacturing efficiency. Because of this in order to integrate Computer Integrated Manufacturing into standard manufacturing processes, it is important to evaluate computerization maturity. Various sources provide different maturity models, using which, it is possible to evaluate the maturity of business processes and company capabilities. However, there are no dedicated models for evaluating Computer Integrated Manufacturing in the metalworking sector. This requires a separate maturity model. Using this problem as a basis and taking into account the difficulty in integrating metalworking processes this study aims to create an Integrated Manufacturing Systems maturity model for the metal processing sector. Objectives: 1. Analyze sources on processes in manufacturing companies and applications of computer-integrated manufacturing in said companies. 2. Perform an empirical analysis of companies of different maturity levels in order to deduce computer integrated manufacturing applications in metalworking sector. 3. Summarize results of the study and create a Computer Integrated Manufacturing maturity model in the metalworking sector. Having completed the analysis, a maturity model of computer-integrated manufacturing in the metalworking sector was created. It includes three categories: company management, technical component and software management and manufacturing process management. Each category contains 3 to 4 subcategories. Each subcategory is described in four different maturity level criteria. This maturity model allows evaluating the maturity level of metal processing manufacturing companies using computer-integrated manufacturing and identifying weak spots and areas where manufacturing and management may be improved. |
