An implementation framework for <i>seru</i> production

Liu, Chen‐Guang; Stecke, Kathryn E.; Lian, Jie; Yin, Yong

doi:10.1111/itor.12014

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“…The seru production system (Yin et al., 2008; Stecke et al., 2012; Liu et al., 2014) is a type of cellular manufacturing that is distinguished first by the cells being configurable rather than fixed; and second by its use of cells for assembly, packaging, and testing rather than fabrication alone. Seru is defined by its prioritization of responsiveness over cost reduction in setting the firm's operations strategy.…”

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Lessons from seru production on manufacturing competitively in a high cost environment

Yin

Stecke

Swink

et al. 2017

J of Ops Management

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High capital and labor costs, coupled with high rates of technological and competitive change, present challenges for manufacturers in developed countries, often spurring them to offshore production to low cost sources. However, the electronics industry provides an exception to this trend, where dynamic, high cost conditions have given rise to a new production system – seru – a cellular assembly approach. Seru evolved as an alternative to lean systems approaches, manifesting important differentiated system design choices that appear to offer promise for manufacturing in dynamic, high‐cost markets. This paper reports the results of in‐depth, longitudinal case studies of two electronics giants who have implemented seru. The case studies describe seru's fundamental extensions to, and departures from, lean production, agile production, and group technology‐based cellular manufacturing. We explain how Sony and Canon have applied seru to improve productivity, quality, and flexibility in ways that have enabled them to remain competitive. In addition, our findings elaborate the theory of swift, even flow, with implications for future research of trade‐offs related to production efficiency, responsiveness, and competitiveness in high‐cost, technologically dynamic markets.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Lessons from seru production on manufacturing competitively in a high cost environment

Yin

Stecke

Swink

et al. 2017

J of Ops Management

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“…Although a line-seru conversion can improve system performance, not all enterprises can successfully implement it due to lack of theoretical guidance. Therefore, based on a systematical analysis of many experiences involving the implementation of seru production in Japanese manufacturing factories, Liu et al [15], for practitioners from a practical perspective, provided a general framework and some basic principles that should be followed while implementing seru production. Through the analysis of the profit function of the seru system, Yin et al [3] explained why the implementation of seru production with respect to an uncertain market could produce higher profits with a smaller workforce.…”

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Analysis of the Effect of the Line‐Seru Conversion on the Waiting Time with Batch Arrival

Ren

Wang

2019

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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The conveyor assembly line has been widely used in manufacturing industries to produce standard products with low costs. However, due to lack of flexibility, this production method has not been conducive to multivariety and small-batch production. In this situation, seru production formed by converting conveyor assembly lines has been a successful innovation in the Japanese manufacturing industry. Most of the existing literature has studied the benefits of this line-seru conversion from the perspective of the enterprises themselves, but this paper studies the effect of the line-seru conversion on the waiting time from the perspective of the customer. First, the change in the average waiting queue length caused by the line-seru conversion is proposed as an evaluation index. Second, with the consideration of the practical situation of random batch arrivals, the average waiting queue length formulas for the conveyor assembly line and seru production are established based on the assumption that the arrival is a Poisson process. Then, under two scenarios, we investigate the relationship between the average waiting queue length changed by the line-seru conversion and other parameters and find that the conversion can reduce the average waiting queue length in multivariety and small-batch production. Finally, under other potential scenarios, the equations for determining the average waiting queue length resulting from a change to line-seru conversion are derived.

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“…Seru also influences profits, product quality, and workforce motivation in a positive way [7]. The main issues of implementing a Seru system is to decompose the process line into an opportune number of serus [8] and then to decide the number of workers to assign to each seru and compute the total training costs [9][10].…”

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Augmented-Reality Application for a Seru-type Manufacturing as Lean as Possible

Giuliano¹,

Taurino

2014

Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications

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The goal of this paper is to discuss the island-based organization of a manufacturing-assembly system, based on the Seru-Seisan approach, whose main goals are to decentralize the production line and to improve personnel qualification. The aim is to show that a Seru-type production island/cell can be really profitable in case the operator could be supported by augmented-reality tools, such to help him in any complex processing operation. The efficiency/effectiveness of a Seru-type organization will be proved by verifying that it satisfies the main principles of "lean manufacturing", stated in terms of mathematical formulation of both the lean goals and the lean processing model. A practical validation of the Seru-type approach will be done by analyzing an assembly unit, now under development and testing in CNH Industrial, where the operator is supported by an augmented-reality system designed in cooperation with Regola S.r.l.

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An implementation framework for seru production

Cited by 86 publications

References 17 publications

Lessons from seru production on manufacturing competitively in a high cost environment

Lessons from seru production on manufacturing competitively in a high cost environment

Analysis of the Effect of the Line‐Seru Conversion on the Waiting Time with Batch Arrival

Augmented-Reality Application for a Seru-type Manufacturing as Lean as Possible

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