Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 14 Issue 3

Feasibility of performance measurement system for supply chain: a process‐based approach and measures

Felix T.S. Chan, H.J. Qi

Nowadays more than ever, supply chain management has gained a tremendous amount of attention from both the academic and practitioner communities. It provides a revolutionary…

Problems in concurrent new product development: an in‐depth comparative study of three companies

Badr Haque

Concurrent engineering or concurrent new product development (CNPD) is gradually becoming the norm for developing and introducing new products to the market place. Through the use…

Exploring the concept of multiple product development via an action research project

Anders Drejer, Agnar Gudmundsson

Due to external challenges necessitating high degrees of innovation and customization without sacrificing cost and quality, many industrial firms need to transform their entire…

The “art” of questionnaire construction: some important considerations for manufacturing studies

Nicolaos E. Synodinos

This article reviews research findings related to the “art” of constructing survey questionnaires. It discusses some of the important issues that should be considered in gathering…

Utilization of bottleneck resources for profitability through a synchronized operation of marketing and manufacturing

R. Sivasubramanian, V. Selladurai, A. Gunasekaran

Focuses on the synchronous manufacturing system (SMS), a manufacturing management methodology that introduces various operational measures that help increase the performance of…

Applying linguistic criteria in FMS selection: fuzzy‐set‐AHP approach

M. Shamsuzzaman, A.M.M. Sharif Ullah, Erik L.J. Bohez

This paper presents a computational framework that combines both fuzzy sets and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for selecting the best‐ranked flexible manufacturing system from…

A minimum setup strategy for sequencing PCBs with multi‐slot feeders

Wei‐Shing Chen, Chiuh‐Cheng Chyu

This paper considers the decision problem for a minimum setup strategy of a production system arising in the assembly of printed circuit boards of different types, using a…

Flexible distributed control of production line with the LON fieldbus technology: a laboratory study

N.P. Mahalik, S.K. Lee

Almost all industrial systems are distributed with multiple control points which interact to a limited extent, for which the idea of distribution of task at local (field) level is…

Enhancing manufacturing operations effectiveness through knowledge based design

Charu Chandra, Sameer Kumar

Global competition has pushed firms to improve and upgrade their manufacturing operations continuously. Explores the role of knowledge base and learning to facilitate this…

Effect of workstation loading on the objective of the systems’s entry policy in FMS

Z. Doulgeri, E. Kehris

This paper attempts to reveal the interrelationships between the workstation loading and system entry policies and in particular to investigate the adverse or positive effects of…