* Starting from Need* Evolution of the Toyota Production System* Further Development* Genealogy of the Toyota Production System* The True Intention of the Ford System* Surviving the Low-Growth Period

Toyota production system : beyond large-scale production

Research in closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs) has grown rapidly over the last 10 years. The authors offer a critical review of influential CLSC research that takes a business economics perspective. Much of the research was inspired by practice-driven thoughtpieces, and this helped to keep research focused on relevant issues. However, CLSC research has several assumptions, such as perfect substitution between new and remanufactured products that risk becoming institutionalized. There is a strong need to carefully examine current industrial practice so that research remains focused on relevant problems. Deeper understanding of consumer perceptions of remanufactured products, product diffusion, and valuation of returned products are needed for the field to continue to add insights into developing sustainable economies.

Production and Operations Management

The main advances regarding the use of the Choquet and Sugeno integrals in multi-criteria decision aid over the last decade are reviewed. They concern mainly a bipolar extension of both the Choquet integral and the Sugeno integral, interesting particular submodels, new learning techniques, a better interpretation of the models and a better use of the Choquet integral in multi-criteria decision aid. Parallel to these theoretical works, the Choquet integral has been applied to many new fields, and several softwares and libraries dedicated to this model have been developed.

A decade of application of the Choquet and Sugeno integrals in multi-criteria decision aid

Publisher's Preface Foreword Introduction PART ONE: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE SMED SYSTEM 1. The Structure of Production 2. Setup Operations in the Past 3. Fundamentals of SMED 4. Techniques for Applying SMED 5. Applying SMED to Internal Operations 6. Basic Examples of SMED 7. Effects of SMED PART TWO: THE SMED SYSTEM -- CASE STUDIES 8. Implementing SMED Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Washing Machine Division (Mikuni Plant) 9. Setup Improvements Based on the Toyota Production System Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. 10. A Quick-Setting ("Q-S") Campaign Nippon Kogaku K.K. (Oi Plant) 11. Using SMED on a Farm Machinery Processing Line Kubota, Ltd. (Sakai Plant) 12. Setup Improvements Based on Shop Circle Activities Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd. 13. Comprehensive Development of the SMED Concept to Include Affiliated Plants Arakawa Auto Body Industries K.K. 14. SMED Developments in Producing Slide Bearings T.H. Kogyo K.K. 15. Examples and Effects of the SMED System Glory Industries K.K. 16. Achievement of SMED Through Company-Wide Activities Kyoei Kogyo K.K. 17. SMED in Tire Manufacturing Processes Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd. 18. Using SMED for Aluminum Die-Casting Dies Tsuta Machine and Metals Co., Ltd. 19. The Shingo One-Touch Die Exchange System: The Boltless Method Postscript About the Author Index

A revolution in manufacturing : the SMED system

The purpose of this paper is to address the potential impacts of Industry 4.0 on human resource management (HRM) – with a particular focus on employment, job profile and qualification and skill requirements in the workforce – which can have implications for supply chain management (SCM). Consequently, exploratory relationships among Industry 4.0, HRM and SCM are presented based on a systematic review.,To explore Industry 4.0 literature and its impact on employment, the authors used a systematic literature review to identify, classify and analyze current knowledge, flagging trends and proposing recommendations for future research in this area. Using the Web of Science database, the authors utilized co-citation software to visualize the networks which emerged from recurrent terms and which were then used to develop the categories of analysis.,The authors can affirm that the literature in this field is in a transition process, from the early studies of German academics to the current development of new impacts worldwide. Industry 4.0 is the central theme of the literature analyzed and is accomplished through the development of employment, qualifications, skills and learning frameworks. The results reveal that most papers are conceptual, with quantitative studies still lacking. Developed countries have a leading role in terms of research production, while Latin America and Asia are far behind. Clustering reveals four dominant themes (educational changes, employment scenario, work infrastructure resources and work meaning and proposal). The first refers to labor changes around working conditions, the work environment and new skills which are required. The second main theme concerns the potentially unstable shift in the labor market has toward a high-level context. The third is about the technical interface of humans and machines, and finally, the fourth understands the German industry as a starting point for global industrial improvements and work proposal changes. Furthermore, socio-technical systems cover the implications of HRM for SCM in three different dimensions: qualification and education (human competences), collaboration and integration of SCM (organizational competences) and data and information management (technical competences).,An original research agenda for further development of the topic. Additionally, the implications of the findings for SCM practitioners are presented.,SCM managers can benefit from the results of this paper by developing adjusted polices for organizational and human aspects. Specially about training programs to improve technology skills and education programs for cyber-human new plataforms.,So far, Industry 4.0, HRM-related topics and implications for SCM have generally been considered separately. This paper elucidates the few important studies on the impacts of Industry 4.0 on human-related topics, such as the labor market, building a research framework using the main contributions highlighted in the literature. An original research agenda is presented, as well as potential implications for SCM.

Smart industry and the pathways to HRM 4.0: implications for SCM

Lean Philosophy Implementation in SMEs – Study Results ☆

This paper presents an empirical study on the impact of maintenance function on more sustainable manufacturing processes. The work methodology comprises four stages. At first, ten factors of maintenance activities from a sustainable manufacturing point of view were identified. Then, in the second stage, the matrix of crossed impact multiplications applied to a classification (MICMAC) was carried out to categorize these factors based on their influence and dependence values. In the third stage, the criteria for evaluation of maintenance factors were defined, then the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (F-AHP) was applied to determine their relative weights. In the last stage, the results of MICMAC and F-AHP analyses were used as inputs for the fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (F-TOPIS) to generate aggregate scores and selection of the most important maintenance factors that have an impact on sustainable manufacturing processes. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the applicability of the approach. It was observed that factors “Implementation of preventive and prognostic service strategies”, “The usage of M&O data collection and processing systems”, and “Modernization of machines and devices” are the major factors that support the realization of sustainable manufacturing process challenges.

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/5/1436/pdf

Application of MICMAC, Fuzzy AHP, and Fuzzy TOPSIS for Evaluation of the Maintenance Factors Affecting Sustainable Manufacturing

Development of a Risk Matrix and Extending the Risk-based Maintenance Analysis with Fuzzy Logic

The efficiency of maintenance processes in an enterprise largely depends on ensuring adequate resources for its implementation. The main factor that affects the quality of these processes is competent employees. Their knowledge, skills and ability to respond to unexpected situations largely determine the efficiency of the functioning of the technical infrastructure in an enterprise. In the light of the prospects for the development of the Industry 4.0 concept, and, thus, for the development of highly automated systems, the demand for qualified maintenance employees will increase. Therefore, in order to ensure the right level of competency of maintenance workers, through the proper assessment and identification of their competency gap, is an important task of managers. In many enterprises this is not implemented. The aim of the presented work was to developed a comprehensive model of the competency assessment of maintenance workers. The implementation of the developed model enables the identification of the current level of employees’ competencies and identification of the competency gap, as well as it allows to assess the effects of a failure to meet the required level of competency. Additionally, the results of the identification of the real activities taken by the surveyed enterprises concerning the competency assessment of maintenance services employees are presented in this article. The study was carried out in manufacturing enterprises in different industries on a specific area. The results were analysed and presented in a graphic form.

http://www.ein.org.pl/sites/default/files/2018-03-19.pdf

Katarzyna Antosz

Papers

Lean Philosophy Implementation in SMEs – Study Results ☆

Application of MICMAC, Fuzzy AHP, and Fuzzy TOPSIS for Evaluation of the Maintenance Factors Affecting Sustainable Manufacturing

Development of a Risk Matrix and Extending the Risk-based Maintenance Analysis with Fuzzy Logic

Maintenance – identification and analysis of the competency gap

The Use of Intelligent Systems to Support the Decision-Making Process in Lean Maintenance Management