原文：A MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FRAMEWORK FOR AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Abstract: Agile manufacturing recognizes the instability of the marketplace and attempts to improve the competitiveness of firms by meeting the changing requirements of customers. In so doing, the agile competitor will need to co-operate with suppliers, competitors or both. As the market is inherently unstable and complex, the capability to manage change, uncertainty and complexity is imperative. The pillar of such prime capability is people and information. After a brief overview of the range of issues discussed in the literature on agility, the paper proposes a mathematical modeling framework for agile manufacturing. The model links pathways, attributes of agility and organizational competitive bases. The model is novel in that, when implemented, it is dynamic and can be integrated with enterprise systems, and therefore, on the basis of systems parameters, would function as a predictive and automated performance measurement system.

Keywords: Agile manufacturing, scope, definitions, concepts, strategies.

INTRODUCTION
The concept that organisations must exhibit agility in responding to changing needs of the market was originally popularised by the US Agility Forum [Iacocca, 1991]. The prime task of the forum was to find solutions to declining productivity of American manufacturing in the face of rising challenge of international competition. Agility was suggested as the solution for restoring America’s competitive edge in manufacturing. Agile manufacturing, as it was referred to, was an industry-led vision for a possible profound shift in the manufacturing.


譯文：敏捷制造系統(tǒng)的數(shù)學(xué)建模框架
摘要：敏捷制造認(rèn)識(shí)到不穩(wěn)定的市場(chǎng)，并試圖通過(guò)滿足客戶(hù)不斷變化的需求來(lái)提高公司的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。在這樣做的同時(shí)，參與敏捷制造的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者需要同制造供應(yīng)商，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手合作，或者與這兩者同時(shí)合作。由于市場(chǎng)的內(nèi)在性質(zhì)是不穩(wěn)定的和復(fù)雜的，對(duì)于經(jīng)營(yíng)變化的潛在能力，不確定性和復(fù)雜性是必不可少的。這種首要潛在能力的支柱是人們和信息。通過(guò)對(duì)一些關(guān)于敏捷性的文獻(xiàn)的討論，在簡(jiǎn)要概述了一系列問(wèn)題之后，提出了一種用于敏捷制造系統(tǒng)的數(shù)學(xué)建?？蚣堋Ｔ撃Ｐ途哂懈鞣N聯(lián)系途徑也具有靈活性和組織競(jìng)爭(zhēng)基礎(chǔ)的屬性。該模型像虛構(gòu)的小說(shuō)一樣，如果付諸實(shí)施，它將是動(dòng)態(tài)的，而且可以與企業(yè)系統(tǒng)介乎起來(lái)，因此，根據(jù)系統(tǒng)的參數(shù)，可以將其功能作為預(yù)測(cè)和自動(dòng)化性能測(cè)試系統(tǒng)。

關(guān)鍵詞：敏捷制造，范圍，定義，概念，策略。
介紹
組織在應(yīng)對(duì)不斷變化市場(chǎng)需求的同時(shí)必須展示出的靈活性的概念最初是由美國(guó)敏捷制造論壇提出并流行起來(lái) [艾柯卡， 1991 ] 。這個(gè)論壇的首要任務(wù)是，在面對(duì)不斷增加的國(guó)際競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中，為美國(guó)制造業(yè)面對(duì)的生產(chǎn)力下降的問(wèn)題尋求解決方案。敏捷制造被推出成為恢復(fù)美國(guó)制造業(yè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)的解決方案。敏捷制造，它被稱(chēng)為可能深刻的改變制造業(yè)的一個(gè)由工業(yè)界提出并領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的設(shè)想。