An Improvisational Approach for Manufacturing Information System

Abstract

　When developing a manufacturing information system, it is difficult to complete a system that has no omissions even with extensive planning. Instead, to respond to the changes in the demand of the user and the market, new components focused on clear and urgent situations, are sequentially implemented to the information system as an improvisational approach that seems highly effective.

　In this study, various problems that occur when the manufacturing information system such as for products line is constructed are discussed, and this paper proposes the adopting of an improvisational approach. In addition, the effectiveness of this proposal is examined through actual cases using the manufacturing information system that the authors developed.