Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009.
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| author | Li, Bo, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Kamal Youcef-Toumi. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/552202019-04-10T08:42:37Z Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean Li, Bo, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kamal Youcef-Toumi. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58). A high-mix, make-to-order production system can become inefficient when non-value added operations consume too much time, space or labour. To address these issues, cell re-layout is conducted and a CONWIP system is proposed. The cell re-layout started with data collection on current layout, product mix and routings, then the current layout was modified to develop several alternatives, and finally the best alternative was selected based on a set of criteria. The Pull system design began with comparison between Kanban and CONWIP with respect to an actual production system, and then the CONWIP system was selected and a sample case study based on ARENA 12.0 was included to study the characteristics of CONWIP. Finally, transformation of the actual production system to CONWIP was studied in ARENA simulation to determine its optimal CONWIP setting. It can be concluded that the cell layout resulted in improved operator efficiency and savings in area occupied, while the CONWIP system leads to reduction in amount of work-in-process, and stabilization of manufacturing lead time. by Bo Li. M.Eng. 2010-05-25T21:06:07Z 2010-05-25T21:06:07Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55220 611941968 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 58 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Li, Bo, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean |
| title | Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean |
| title_full | Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean |
| title_fullStr | Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean |
| title_short | Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean |
| title_sort | making a high mix make to order production system lean |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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