...Christian Stockmann; Herwig Winkler; Martin Kunath Purpose The concept of robustness in manufacturing is not easy to capture and even harder to quantify. This paper elaborates an approach to assess robustness in production systems from a holistic input-throughput-output perspective using...

... of intuitive and normative decision making in production system design. Practical implications Empirical data are drawn from two projects in the heavy-vehicle industry. The study describes decisions, from start to finish, and the corresponding decision-making approaches when implementing process...

... factor; this will be the most influential driver of innovation over the decades to come (Kargermann, 2015). This development is primarily based on cyber physical systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things and Services (Jazdi, 2014). For production systems, this means changing to cyber-physical production...

... Investment analysis Case studies Manufacturing flexibility Production systems Flexible manufacturing systems Modular production Changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing concepts that respond rapidly and efficiently to changes are key enablers of competitiveness in today’s global manufacturing...

...Carin Rösiö; Jessica Bruch Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore activities, challenges, and suggest tactics for the design of industrial reconfigurable production systems that can easily adapt to changing market opportunities. Design/methodology/approach The paper synthesizes...

...-to-order (ETO) production systems. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the most relevant literature in the field of VSM and discusses its limitations regarding the application in an ETO environment. Based on the analysis of an industrial case, the original VSM methodology is adapted...

... limitations/implications The study was made at factory and production systems level, thus no studies were made at the group level. Sometimes it was hard to determine the financial key performance indicators (KPIs) for the factory, since they were kept secret. Practical implications Most companies have...

...Jiaqin Yang; Richard H. Deane The importance of reducing product lotsizes in converting traditional job shops into just‐in‐time (JIT) type manufacturing systems has been addressed in the literature. This paper presents a lotsize reduction model for closed stochastic production systems. The model...

...David A. Johnston; G. Don Taylor; Ganesh Visweswaramurthy In this paper, the authors describe a geographical information system (GIS)‐based software system for managing and integrating multi‐facility warehousing and production systems that are distributed within a relatively large geographical area...

... environment. Discusses future research directions. Containers Decision-support systems Design Materials handling Production systems Storage and handling containers are a necessity for material handling in nearly every manufacturing system. However, material handling productivity is often...