Continuous Improvement and Participative Factory Planning by Computer Systems

Westkämper, E.; Briel, Ralf von

doi:10.1016/s0007-8506(07)62137-4

Cited by 33 publications

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“…the production capacity or the layout should be changed and optimised according to a new production programme. Therefore it is necessary to reduce the planning time [39] in order to be more responsive. As a result, it is necessary reduce the production planning phase, mainly related to facilities, analysing all the relevant data in order to understand potential savings and costs reductions.…”

Section: Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Layout and Material Flow Optimization in Digital Factory

Centobelli¹,

Cerchione²,

Murino³

2016

Int. j. simul. model.

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The ability to realize customized products, in particular for engineering-to-order companies, is a key factor in order to be competitive in modern market without incurring any additional cost and respecting customer lead time. In this ever-changing environment the layout optimization is a fundamental issue requirement, hence the development of a virtual layout, according to the Digital Factory concepts, can be very useful to identify and to solve potential problems during the planning phase, before realize it. The main aim of this paper is represented by the proposal of a layout reconfiguration and a technological solution for the parts feeding system of the industrial plant analysed in order to reduce the production lead times.In the first phase, an overview of the Digital Factory applications is provided. In the second phase, after data analysis in an Italian manufacturing company, a simulation model has been designed and tested using Simio simulation software. Simulations results concerning production and queue times obtained from different orders have been compared with actual configuration data.Research results indicate that the surveyed company has had an improvement in terms of reduction of waiting times and increase of customers satisfaction due to total production lead time reduction.

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Section: Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Layout and Material Flow Optimization in Digital Factory

Centobelli¹,

Cerchione²,

Murino³

2016

Int. j. simul. model.

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“…Continuous planning involves implementing planning practices continuously, not just as part of a top-down annual event (e.g., Hope and Fraser, 2003). Planning should be done continuously so that the full scope of development can be presented at any time (Westkamper and von Briel, 2001). Fitzgerald and Stol (2014) define continuous planning as a holistic effort that involves multiple stakeholders from business and software areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

Continuous planning: an important aspect of agile and lean development

Suomalainen

Kuusela

Tihinen

2015

IJASM

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Continuous planning is a relatively new and not yet fully studied field of research, especially from the perspective of agile and lean development organisations. To augment the knowledge in this field, this article presents both a literature review and empirical findings from three case studies that reveal how companies conduct continuous planning. The results indicate that continuous planning is not commonly adopted and applied throughout these organisations and that it currently involves only a certain kind of planning (e.g., release planning). The results of this study bring to light that the main elements of continuous planning (i.e., organisational, strategic and business planning) are tightly related to each other and thus should be considered when companies seek to improve their planning processes and practices. The importance of continuous planning will only increase dramatically in turbulent business environments that include ever shorter planning cycles and the need to improve transparency and knowledge-sharing in organisations.

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“…VR-technology is well known in a wide range of industrial applications and is typically applied during the planning stage of a manufacturing system. Ergonomics in assembly, the simulation, evaluation and visualization of product and production designs and the training of employees (Arkhurst, W. et al 2001, Blümel et al 2003, Westkämper et al 2001 are common examples. The approaches currently proposed put their focus on visualization and immersion as well as on simple real-time simulation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Manufacturing systems, once set up, still have to be improved continuously during operation due to demands for improved productivity and quality or reduced throughput time (Ratering et al 2002, Westkämper et al 2001. Planning and implementing these improvements in many cases leads to manufacturing downtimes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%