Abstract
Satisfying customer’s value by dedicated services and actions are a key factor of business success that really affects company’s competitive advantage. This thesis focuses on the difficulties and challenges of integrating automation and operation process for the foundry, the way to achieve the operation integration, and the benefit when automation and operation process integration system successfully meet the setting goal.This thesis chooses A company as the research case and emphasizes the improvements on the operators’ workload and productivity at production line. The thesis draws on the study results for the following research conclusions:1. This thesis has proposed a method for developing operation integration of production automation that helps offer systematic procedures and suggestions.2. To develop operation integration of production process and automation system, we must solve the unstable problems from automation system, enhance operation skills, train the abilities for handling abnormalities, and conduct operation integration improvement projects.3. The benefits of operation integration of production automation include enhancing production efficiency, people productivity and product quality, shortening cycle time and reducing manual mistake operation. Operation integration of production automation can reach customer value through improved operation procedure, enhanced product quality, and reduced production cost.