...Sara El-Breshy; Ahmad E. Elhabashy; Hadi Fors; Asmaa Harfoush Purpose With the emergence of the different Industry 4.0 technologies and the interconnectedness between the physical and cyber components within manufacturing systems, the manufacturing environment is becoming more susceptible...

... 28 11 2020 05 01 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Evaluation Production systems Production management Manufacturing management Manufacturing systems Manufacturing operations Production systems are faced...

.... Third, knowledge transfer alongside several maturity levels of information technology capabilities of manufacturing systems for reuse in new problem scenarios is introduced. Findings The paper comprises the conceptual approach for designing a CBR system to support data-based complexity management...

...Jorge A. Vivares; William Sarache; Jorge E. Hurtado Purpose Assessment of manufacturing systems provides a baseline for manufacturing strategy (MS) formulation. The purpose of this paper is to develop and propose a maturity assessment model for manufacturing systems (MAMMS). The MAMMS provides...

...Raman Kumar; Harwinder Singh; Rohit Chandel Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore the relationship between success parameters and implementation of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT); and second, to examine the changes required in manufacturing system as a result...

... systems that are better suited to adjust to future needs. The knowledge of reconfigurability from the reconfigurable manufacturing system literature is applied in the general production system literature field. This study contributes to a clearer picture of managerial challenges that need to be dealt...

... Manufacturing systems Sustainable production Industry 4.0 appears to be the next industrial revolution, and it mainly relies on the sustainability/sustainable development (S/SD) of manufacturing enterprises as one of the major drivers of their design enablers and operations to make balance between...

... and hierarchical classifications of discrete manufacturing systems. These classifications are the basis for a practical web-based expert system and diagnostic benchmarking tool. Design/methodology/approach There were two stages for the research methods, with eight re-iterative steps: one for theory building...

...Ibrahim H. Garbie Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new performance analysis and measurement regarding reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) taken into consideration new circumstances which include changes in the market demand, changes in a product design...

... be contacted at: adil@iitb.ac.in © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Manufacturing strategy Strategic manufacturing effectiveness Hayes‐Wheelwright's four stage model Instruments Manufacturing systems Organizational effectiveness In the sophisticated markets of today, manufacturing...

...Varinder Singh; P.M. Singru Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of restructuring in the manufacturing system at the conceptual stage using graph theoretic model. Design/methodology/approach – Some restructuring decisions are conceptualized which reflect the aim...

... research questions. Those responses are now summarised in the following sections. Service systems Operations strategy Manufacturing Successful manufacturers Product-service systems Servitization Operations management Manufacturing systems The evolution of manufacturing industry has...

... suppliers in production system design by means of design information is an area that has been rarely addressed in academia and industry. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Sweden Manufacturing industries Manufacturing systems Information dissemination Operations management Production...

..., this section attempts to present the key factors necessary to exploit the full potential of lean tools. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Trinidad and Tobago Lean production Pharmaceuticals industry Manufacturing systems Lean manufacturing Cycle time Inventory management 5‐whys 5S...

... operations within organisations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Manufacturing systems Production planning and control Fit manufacturing Lean manufacturing Agile manufacturing Integrated production systems Economic sustainability is one of the most critical issues facing...

... as shown below: Equation 1 where n is the order of the matrix Then the consistency property in the pair‐wise comparison was examined. The procedure followed is enumerated below (Saaty, 2005): Manufacturing systems Analytic hierarchy process Lean manufacturing Concept selection Multi...

... for manufacture Object oriented technology Concurrent engineering Manufacturing systems Knowledge base Information management Developing successful new products requires the ability to predict, early in the product development process, the life cycle impact of design decisions. Downstream life cycle...

... the perspective of the highly labor intensive industries such as the garment industry. The findings of this research would enrich the present knowledge stock of manufacturing systems. Eventually, the findings would be the basis for further research on manufacturing process for enhancing performance. Based...

... Publishing Limited 2011 Orthopaedics Bones Prosthetic devices Polishing Manufacturing systems United States of America The need for improvement in healthcare industry has never been more critical. According to Healthcare Industry Almanac (2009), the cost of healthcare...

... along with VSM. The purpose of this paper is to present an application of VSM with simulation during the design of lean manufacturing systems (LMS) using a case study of an organisation following a job shop production system to manufacture doors and windows. Design/methodology/approach Simulation...