Moulds Progress Mapping – A Visual Management Tool for Industry 4.0
Moulds Progress Mapping – A Visual Management Tool for Industry 4.0
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The planning of injection moulds production is a complex task where the classic planning approaches have proven limitations because of the following particular characteristics: the mould expands in a myriad of components for production; the “one-of-a-kind” type of production; and recurrent mould design changes asked by the customer. To overcome this challenge a methodology to Moulds Progress Mapping is proposed (MPM). The methodology was built on the authors experience in collaborating with mould making companies, on the principles of lean manufacturing and visual management (VM) and also have in mind the trend towards production digitalization to be aligned with Industry 4.0 evolution. As a VM tool to support moulds production planning, the MPM shows the instant progress of each mould, the deviation from planning and the remaining time for the due date. The user has “only” to input the mould’s components critic level and the relative weight of each production process in the total time; it also requires the production process arming with sensors and the production task digitalization and retrieved information compilation in the information management system. The MPM can also be used in other complex production systems.
Diogo Jorge graduated as a master of mechanical engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 2016. Since then, he is a researcher at IST in the Manufacturing Technologies and Industrial Management scientific area, where he is a co-author of 1 research paper and of 1 book chapter. He also plays a role of development and coordination of National R&DT projects. Moreover, Diogo is the co-founder of an IST spin-off called Erising, which performs Lean and Kaizen projects as well as the development of innovative methods and techniques aligned with the industry 4.0.
Paulo Peças has a graduation (1991) and a doctorate (2004) in Mechanical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa). Since 1998, he is an assistant professor at Instituto Superior Técnico in the Industrial Management, Lean Thinking and Resources Efficiency. During the last ten years has participated and integrated coordination teams of R&DT projects in collaboration with the industry, at both national and European levels. He has published and edited scientific books, published 25 research papers in International Journals and 10 chapters in scientific books, 72 publications in International Conferences Proceedings and 23 dissemination articles in national magazines.
Helena Cecílio has a master graduation (2017) in Mechanical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa), since the graduation she is a research assistant at Instituto Superior Técnico in the Production Management and Industrial Management scientific area.
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Industry 4.0, Moulds Production, Process Mapping, Production Planning,
Visual Management
