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A typology to unleash the potential of modularity
Edward D. Arnheiter, Hendrik HarrenBenefits of modularity are being limited by the lack of agreement over terminology. Neither researchers nor managers use the same typology, complicating comparisons of modular…
Incorporating work factors in design for disassembly in product design
Anoop Desai, Anil MitalThis paper seeks to present a methodology to design products for disassembly. This would facilitate end‐of‐life product disassembly with a view to maximizing material usage in the…
The supplier and customer contribution to manufacturing flexibility: Australian manufacturing industry's perspective
Berman Kayis, Sami KaraThis paper seeks to present the formulation of relationships involving different manufacturing flexibility elements related to the total chain of acquisition, processing and…
Information subsystem congestion analysis of a wide area‐networked manufacturing system using mobile agents
I. Ahmed, M.J. SadiqThe manufacturing paradigm is shifting from being a central system to a distributed system and is increasingly becoming dependent on wide area networks for the management of…
Investigating the efficacy of exercising JIT practices to support pull production control in a job shop environment
Jing‐Wen LiSimulation experiment was employed to investigate the schemes for coordinating JIT practices to promote performance upgrade in a job shop environment with the pull system.
Leanness: experiences from the journey to date
T.C. Papadopoulou, M. ÖzbayrakAlthough leanness is certainly not a new concept it is doubtless still relevant. Interestingly, newly developed manufacturing paradigms and systems are always examined in relation…
Use of AHP in decision‐making for flexible manufacturing systems
Ozden BayazitTo provide a good insight into the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) that is a multiple criteria decision‐making methodology in evaluating flexible manufacturing systems…
ISSN:
1741-038XRenamed from:
Integrated Manufacturing SystemsOnline date, start – end:
2004Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Harm-Jan Steenhuis