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U-shaped production lines: A review of theory and practice
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114 US and Japanese U-lines are examined in this study and the reported benefits are impressive.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Production Economics.The article was published on 2001-04-18. It has received 174 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cellular manufacturing & Production line.read more
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A Review on Lean Manufacturing Implementation Techniques
TL;DR: In this paper, an exploratory survey has been conducted to illustrate the implementation sequence of lean elements in volatile business environment and the finding of this review was synthesized to develop a unified theory for implementation of Lean elements.
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Design and management of manufacturing systems for production quality
Marcello Colledani,Tullio Tolio,Anath Fischer,Benoît Iung,Gisela Lanza,Robert Schmitt,József Váncza,József Váncza +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new paradigm aiming at going beyond traditional six-sigma approaches is proposed, which is extremely relevant in technology intensive and emerging strategic manufacturing sectors, such as aeronautics, automotive, energy, medical technology, micro-manufacturing, electronics and mechatronics.
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A framework for assessing the use of lean production practices in manufacturing cells
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for assessing the use of lean production (LP) practices in manufacturing cells (MCs) is introduced, based on criteria such as the inclusion of practices that workers could observe, interact with and use on a daily basis.
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A model for the assessment of waste in job shop environments
TL;DR: The developed model serves as guidelines for simplifying the search of waste problems and identifies opportunities for waste elimination.
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Multi-rule Multi-objective Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Straight and U Type Assembly Line Balancing Problems
TL;DR: A new multiple objective simulated annealing (SA) algorithm for simple (line) and U type assembly line balancing problems with the aim of maximizing “smoothness index” and maximizing the “line performance” (or minimizing the number of workstations).
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Toyota production system
TL;DR: This new edition of Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time updates the classic with new material on e-kanban, mini-profit centers, computer-based information systems, and innovative solutions to common obstacles in TPS implementation.
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Cellular manufacturing in the U.S. industry: a survey of users
Urban Wemmerlöv,Nancy Lea Hyer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the findings of a survey study of 32 U.S. firms involved with cellular manufacturing, including the reasons for establishing cells, benefits achieved, types and sizes of cells, extent of cellularization in the plants, methods used to design the cells, changes to planning and control systems, labour-related issues and important experiences gained by the companies.
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World-Class Manufacturing
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a world class strategy for just-in-time total quality and total employee involvement in information systems managing the change of a world-class information system.
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A Production Line that Balances Itself
TL;DR: This analysis suggests and experiments confirm that if the workers are sequenced from slowest to fastest then, independently of the stations at which they begin, a stable partition of work will spontaneously emerge and the production rate will converge to a value that is the maximum possible among all ways of organizing the workers and stations.