DocumentCode
466685
Title
INSIGHTS INTO LEAN MANUFACTURING FROM COMPLEX SYSTEMS MEASURES
Author
Scott, N.A. ; Frizelle, G. ; Johnson, J.H.
Author_Institution
Linx Printing Technol., St. Ives
fYear
2007
fDate
9-11 July 2007
Firstpage
130
Lastpage
133
Abstract
Lean manufacturing was identified by comparative measurement of automobile manufacturers. Uninterrupted flow of value added activity was identified as the signature of a lean system, yet no formal measures exist for flow or the structure that supports it. This paper takes measures for structure and flow from complexity science and applies them to manufacturing systems through a novel framework. This includes a case study of the successful application of the framework for process improvement.
Keywords
automobile manufacture; large-scale systems; lean production; value engineering; automobile manufacturers; complex systems; lean manufacturing; process improvement; value added activity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Agile Manufacturing, 2007. ICAM 2007. IET International Conference on
Conference_Location
Durham
Print_ISBN
978-0-86341-816-7
Type
conf
Filename
4286484
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