Effect of setup time reduction on supply chain safety stocks

Planning capacity and safety stocks in a serial production–distribution system with multiple products

“…While the former expresses the mean and variability of the PCT as a function of the batch size in a G/G/m system, the latter considers a G/G/1 queue and optimizes batch sizes. Kumar and Aouam (2018a) considered a distribution network with a capacitated manufacturer and studied the effect of setup reduction on the production lead time and safety stock placement. Kumar and Aouam (2019) studied the effect of production capacity and production smoothing on safety stock placement.…”

Revitalising the setup reduction activities in Operations Management

“…Hence, to address these knowledge lacks and opportunities in the literature on process improvement methodologies and to expand the theoretical framework on Lean Production implementation (Lozano et al, 2019;Kumar and Aouam, 2018;Godina et al, 2018;Bidarra et al;2018;Assaf and Haddad, 2017;Braglia et al, 2017Braglia et al, , 2016Mileham et al, 1999;Gilmore and Smith, 1996;McIntosh et al, 1996), the hypothesis examined in our research is that an alternative to overcoming these difficulties requires the integration of SMED activities with Presetting systems (Silva et al, 2011). Given that recognised relevance of the topic, the research question guiding this study investigates:…”

“…Thanks to changes occurring in market dynamics, the production paradigm has drastically shifted to a more diversified production system based on smaller amounts (Bidarra et al, 2018;Kumar and Aouam, 2018). In order to provide an effective response to the challenges faced in operations, manufacturers had to embark on the transformation of their management processes and production organisation (Méndez and Rodríguez, 2016).…”

“…Furthermore, first-time performance in manufacturing systems depends on operating policies such as batch sizing and can be decreased by systematic investments in setup time reduction (Kumar and Aouam, 2018).…”

Improving Productivity by Reducing Cycle Time Through New Fixture Design and Inspection Method

“…The assembly time reduction will also help in cycle time reduction [11]. The inventory of all parts also plays a role in reducing the cycle time of a product during manufacturing [12]. The most import of all is to use lean manufacturing techniques and to give more importance for the quality and timeliness of the product production [13], [14].…”