Integrated Manufacturing Systems Emerald Article: Investment appraisal techniques for advanced manufacturing technology (AMT): a literature review F.T.S. Chan‚ M.H. Chan‚ H. Lau‚ R.W.L. Ip Article information: To cite this document: F.T.S. Chan‚ M.H. Chan‚ H. Lau‚ R.W.L. Ip‚ (2001)‚"Investment appraisal techniques for advanced manufacturing technology (AMT): a literature review"‚ Integrated Manufacturing Systems‚ Vol. 12 Iss: 1 pp. 35 - 47 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10
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Capacity Analysis and Improvement in a Brake Shoe Manufacturing Company Using Simulation 1Faheem M. Hussain‚ K. Krishnaiah Department of Industrial Engineering‚ College of Engineering Guindy‚ Anna University Chennai - 600025 1faheem2h@gmail.com Abstract— In today’s increasingly competitive world‚ it is important to constantly improve productivity and quality‚ be it a manufacturing or service industry. Quality with quantity is a main characteristic which helps a company stay in the competition
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Maintenance/Total Preventive Maintenance) JIT (Just In Time) Continuous Improvement/Kaizen And Many More… CELLULAR MANUFACTURING: MANUFACTURING A Lean Manufacturing Concept Cellular Manufacturing One of these lean practices‚ cellular manufacturing‚ is based on a group of different processes located in close proximity to manufacture a group of similar products. The primary purpose of cellular manufacturing is to reduce cycle time and inventories to meet market response times. Some of the other benefits include:
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Gunns and the Australian Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry.The current strategic study represents the case of the Australian Pulp‚ paper and paperboard manufacturing Industry. The Australian pulp and paper industry produces items that are fundamental to to everyday living for example paper and paper products for personal hygiene‚ food packaging‚ paper for printing‚ newspapers‚ and magazines. The industry is also a huge producer of renewable energy and the major user of recovered paper for recycling
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Electronic Manufacturing Industry Needs major push to meet country’s needs and realize potential Value Addition missing while we are exporting jobs ! ELCINA represents the Electronic Hardware Manufacturing sector‚ with a focus on electronic components‚ materials‚ assemblies as well as electronic manufacturing services which are the backbone of electronics. This sector has immense potential for value addition but has not been able to achieve its potential due to imports swamping the Indian market
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Just-In-Time Manufacturing Just-In-Time manufacturing‚ commonly referred to as JIT‚ is a company wide philosophy aimed at eliminating a company ’s waste. Waste can be found in many forms. For example it can be defined in the material form such as plastic or metal scrap‚ or it can be defined in the administrative form as excessive overhead that slows production or adds an unnecessary expense. The basic theory behind JIT is a pull system that is driven by a demand of supplies. This results in
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MGMT408 Week 3 You Decide Transcript A Make-or-Buy Decision at Baxter Manufacturing Company Scenario Summary Baxter Manufacturing Company (BMC) is a leader in deep-drawn stampings. It has been in business since 1978 as a privately held company. The process for making these stampings is very involved and complex. BMC developed methods for efficiently producing large volumes of stampings while keeping their quality very high. BMC uses state of the art machines to make the stampings and they make all
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Riordan Manufacturing Project Baseline PM / 584 June 30‚ 2015 Riordan Manufacturing Project Baseline Riordan Manufacturing is a leader in the plastic manufacturing industry with employees exceeding 500 and projected annual earnings in excess of $40 million. The company is owned by Riordan Industries‚ and the company ’s revenue exceed $1 billion. Riordan Manufacturing currently has plant locations in Albany‚ GA‚ Pontiac‚ MI‚ San Jose‚ CA. and Hangzhou‚ China. Riordan has established a
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Service Request SR-rm-022‚ Part One Introduction Hugh McCauley‚ COO of Riordan Manufacturing has submitted service request SR-rm-022. The service request is to integrate existing variety of human resource (HR) tools into a single integrated application (Apollo Group‚ Inc. 2011). The new system will provide the organization with a more sophisticated‚ state-of-the art‚ information systems technology than what they currently have to better assist the HR department. Before the approval of the project
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Obligation - The lean manufacturing process is implemented in the bank for day to day processing level‚ but it has to start at‚ and be plainly strengthened by top management. For example‚ the Branch manager/Asst. Manager should be involved in leading some Kaizen events. An ongoing 20% advance in productivity does not come about by itself. Management must be involved and personally invested in the outcomes. Top organisation should expect their personal promise to exceed one year before the process
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