Table of contents
Honda’s Global Flexifactory Network
Andrew MairFlexifactories, where the product made can be changed at low cost andquickly, constitute an important aspect of manufacturing flexibility.Examination of Honda flexifactories…
Using Time to Generate Corporate Renewal
Horst Hart, Anders BergerPresents a preliminary evaluation of an extensive corporate renewalprogramme directly encompassing some 70 companies in the Swedish branchof Asea Brown Boveri (ABB). The renewal…
Total Effectiveness in a Just‐in‐Time System
Christer Karlsson, Christer NorrDiscusses the effects of the implementation of Just‐in‐Time (JIT) in therelationships between suppliers and manufacturing companies withinSwedish industry. Explores whether such…
Managing Change towards Lean Enterprises
Riitta SmedsEncouraging experiences from a case study show that when leanmanufacturing is implemented as an innovation process, and socialstimulation games are applied, the resulting new…
Developing and Testing Benchmarking and Self‐assessment Frameworks in Manufacturing
C.A. Voss, V. Chiesa, P. CoughlanSets out to examine two questions: first, can an academic‐based approachcontribute to benchmarking and self assessment and, second, can tools bedeveloped for use in manufacturing…
Intra‐group Work Patterns in Final Assembly of Motor Vehicles
Tomas Engström, Lars MedboDiscusses experiences from the design of parallellized flow assemblysystems. Also discusses factors influencing the performance ofcollective work and relates these to the flow…
Impact of Real‐time Information for Scheduling a Car‐body Shop – A Simulation Study
Roger A. Lindau, Thomas Kanflo, Kenth R. LumsdenIn a system where two material flows with sequence dependency arematched, the use of real‐time information to monitor and control thesequencing buffer improves the system′s…
A Methodology for Evaluation of Order Picking Systems as a Base for System Design and Managerial Decisions
Henrik Brynzér, Mats I. Johansson, Lars MedboPresents a methodology useful when analysing the efficiency of orderpicking systems. The main feature of the analysis is the ability tocompare different system designs. The…
Realizing Strategy through Measurement
Andy Neely, John Mills, Ken Platts, Mike Gregory, Huw RichardsIt is widely accepted that firms should have manufacturing strategiesconsistent with their overall business strategies, but while much hasbeen written about the content of these…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen