CS-Introduction With the increasing competition in the global market,the manufacturing industry has been facing the challenge of increasing customer value; More importantly,quality means ensuring customer satisfaction and enhancing customer value to the extent that customers are willing to pay for the goods and services; A well-accepted practice in both academia and industry is the exploration of flexibility in modern manufacturing systems to provide quick response to customers with new products catering to a particular spectrum of customer needs; 上浒充通大粤CS-Introduction With the increasing competition in the global market, the manufacturing industry has been facing the challenge of increasing customer value; More importantly, quality means ensuring customer satisfaction and enhancing customer value to the extent that customers are willing to pay for the goods and services; A well-accepted practice in both academia and industry is the exploration of flexibility in modern manufacturing systems to provide quick response to customers with new products catering to a particular spectrum of customer needs;