A Review of the High-Mix, Low-Volume Manufacturing Industry

The high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) industry has seen growth in the need for product customisation with research to increase manufacturers’ flexibility for the variation in market demands. This paper reviews 152 documents from 2000 to October 2022, discussing work related to HMLV production. From an ind...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 1687
Main Authors Gan, Zhi Lon, Musa, Siti Nurmaya, Yap, Hwa Jen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2023
Subjects
Additive manufacturing
Artificial intelligence
Automation
Citation management software
Customization
decision support system
Electronics industry
Embedded systems
Factories
Flexibility
flexible manufacturing
HMLV
Industrial applications
Industrial development
Job shops
Literature reviews
Manufacturers
Manufacturing engineering
Manufacturing industry
Product differentiation
Product life cycle
production and operation management
Production planning
production system
robotic production and automation
Robotics
Routing
Systematic review
Value engineering
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Summary:The high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) industry has seen growth in the need for product customisation with research to increase manufacturers’ flexibility for the variation in market demands. This paper reviews 152 documents from 2000 to October 2022, discussing work related to HMLV production. From an industrial perspective, this paper analyses the industries with HMLV, revealing production sectors and research areas, categorising the developed work, type of validation, and applications. The results show that most work is not industry-specific, with production planning as the central aspect of the research. While other parts of the production processes and value chain received less attention, the semiconductor and electronics industries are the two most researched with substantial validation, leaving gaps in other industries. Earlier work primarily focused on the theoretical development of production planning; however, the development of Industry 4.0 technologies advocates decision support systems for reactive production planning. This period sees the rise in robotics and automation, with improved robotics capability and human—robot collaboration. Assembly assistance systems were developed for manual production to aid operators in managing the variety of information. This paper serves as a reference for the HMLV manufacturing industry in a structured manner while identifying potential for future research in this field.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app13031687