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An assessment of the role of design in the improvement of changeover performance
Richard McIntosh, Steve Culley, Graham Gest, Tony Mileham, Geraint OwenDiscusses the derivation of current changeover improvement methodologies from the work of the Japanese engineer/consultant Shigeo Shingo. Argues that under the interpretation and…
Management perception of the link between product quality and customers’ view of product quality
Matthew A. Waller, Sanjay AhireWith a global drive towards implementing total quality management (TQM), the number of TQM failures is also increasing. One of the major reasons cited for these failures is lack…
Product market, turbulence and time compression: Three dimensions of an integrated approach to manufacturing system design
Arindam K. Bhattacharya, Jay Jina, Andrew D. WaltonDiscusses the conventional approach to manufacturing system design. Argues that this top‐down, uni‐directional approach is not sufficiently robust or easy to implement…
An assessment of managerial commitment to lean production
Kenneth K. BoyerResearch on just‐in‐time (JIT) production and total quality management (TQM) has taken a variety of approaches. Focuses on the degree to which these elements of lean production…
Manufacturing cell formation using spreadsheets
Donald C. Kerr, Jaydeep BalakrishnanMany algorithms have been proposed to form manufacturing cells from component routeings. Most of these methods require specialized algorithms for implementation. Some others use…
A flow‐shop manufacturing scheduling system with interactive computer graphics
Godfrey C. OnwuboluDescribes flow‐shop scheduling problems and an interactive graphical flow‐shop manufacturing scheduling system (FSMS) developed to handle any number of jobs and machines. Outlines…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen