Research On Flexibility Of HIGHLY Operation

With China's economic development enters the new step,under the background of consumption upgrading and supply side structural reform,the competition among enterprises change from product price and quality to the ability of customization.Individuation and diversity are often equated to high cost and price,so Mass Customization will be a core capability for firms to gain competitive advantage.Improving the flexibility of production and operation is the key method to have this ability.The research of flexibility will become an important subject for firms.HIGHLY is the third largest air-conditioning compressor manufacturer in global.Air-conditioning market is becoming saturated and oligopoly,air-conditioning manufacturer backward integration,have set up their own compressor plant,squeezing the market share of independent compressor manufacturers.In order to seek a breakthrough HIGHLY explore new markets,gradually products applied to: Heat pump water heaters,dehumidifiers,clothes dryers,communications equipment refrigeration and other new areas.Due to the market size of the new areas is much smaller than that of air conditioners,and the types and quantities of customers are numerous,HIGHLY needs to develop many new products to meet the needs of customers in new markets,the original management method of production and operation meets a series of problems,so it is necessary to improve the flexibility of production and operation to adapt to the new environment.This paper focuses on the flexible methods and strategies of HIGHLY's production and operation.According to the existing business process and information system,the main problems,such as longer product development time,lower product capacity utilization and higher manufacturing cost,are analyzed the principles of flexibility improvement are: similarity,reusability and globality;using the theory of operation management,flexible manufacturing and information system to form flexible improvement technology: template reuse,computer control,information system integration,supply chain coordination.According to the similarity of product structure,part model,processing technology and in the fields of product design,production management and supply chain management,this paper studies how to realize information reuse by using information technology and system integration,based on information reuse,process node optimization is studied to shorten business cycle;through system integration and flexible equipment,how to adapt to variety and reduce waiting time is studied.Research the guarantee conditions such as system construction,capital investment and personnel guarantee to ensure the implementation of the improvement strategy.I hoped that the research on the flexibility of production and operation in this paper will be an attempt to improve the flexibility of production and operation in enterprises.