Embracing complicatedness and complexity with Anarchic Manufacturing

Ma, Andrew; Nassehi, Aydin; Snider, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.12.009

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“…The AHP method implements a rating method to represent the preference degree for each alternative and then rank the value of the preference degree for each alternative (Chai et al, 2013). Complex decision-making in manufacturing will increase the number of constraints and decrease the flexibility of resources, which will make it more difficult to simplify the complexity of manufacturing to improve (Ma et al, 2019). Therefore, a structural solution is required to simplify the complexity.…”

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Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Leaf Spring Manufacturing’s Performance

Ch'ng,

Leong

2024

ASMScJ

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Lean manufacturing is the optimal way of producing goods through the removal of waste and implementing flow, as opposed to batch processing. Many factories have transformed to align with the goal of lean manufacturing by minimising the resources of factories, such as less worker effort, less time and many more to lead to high efficiency towards good product quality and become highly responsive to customer demand. The condition of product and machinery, arrangement of inventory and equipment, the standard operation procedure of work and workers' safety awareness are the dominant elements in the leaf spring manufacturing process. Due to the crucial role that leaf springs play in the performance and safety of vehicles, it is crucial to eradicate any flaws in the designing and manufacturing processes. This study focuses on 5 core criteria, which are workers, time, safety, machines, and products that need to be enhanced. In the subgroup, each pair of sub-criteria will be compared regarding their importance with respect to each criterion. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is proposed to rank and aggregate the criteria based on their level of importance. The outcome of AHP showed that Safety (0.233) and Time (0.281) were the prominent criteria that need to be prioritised. Wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (0.394), First Aid (0.324), Die and Pin (0.347), and Forklift Deliver (0.368) are the sub-criteria for safety and time. As a result, prompt and precise actions are needed to increase the quality and reliability of the product.

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Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Leaf Spring Manufacturing’s Performance

Ch'ng,

Leong

2024

ASMScJ

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“…Thus, implementing ERP is vital for improving company performance, especially in manufacturing companies, where their business activities process raw materials into finished goods. The complexity of business activities in manufacturing companies requires a system that integrates one department to another, such as an ERP system (Ma, Nassehi, & Snider, 2019).…”

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The Influence of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation System on Company Performance Mediated by Organizational Capabilities

Putra

Rahayu

Putri

2021

JAI

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Research aims: This study aims to examine the effect of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation on company performance with organizational capabilities as a mediating variable.Design/Methodology/Approach: This research is a quantitative study using 117 samples of manufacturing companies listed on the IDX from 2013 to 2018. Analysis and testing in this study employed SEM-PLS to test the effect of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation on company performance with organizational capabilities as a mediating variable.Research findings: The results showed that the ERP system's implementation had a significant positive effect on company performance and organizational capabilities. Organizational capabilities also had a significant positive effect on company performance. Besides, it was found that organizational capabilities mediated the relationship between ERP system implementation and company performance.Theoretical contribution/Originality: This study utilized a cybernetics approach theory, RBV theory, and organizational capabilities theory to investigate the mediating role of organizational capabilities in increasing the impact of ERP systems on company performance.Practitioner/Policy implication: This study provides evidence that ERP implementation makes an integrated operating system and can increase organizational capabilities by utilizing existing resources, and ultimately will also increase company performance.Research limitation/Implication: In this research, it is challenging to find organizational capability measures, such as marketing capability and process improvement. This study only used one intervening variable so that the information obtained from the results is still limited.

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“…The anarchic manufacturing system is underpinned by emergent synthesis, where individual agents pursue local and personal objectives to solve globally unclear problems (Ueda et al, 2001). Previous studies comparing anarchic manufacturing to centralised systems for independent job manufacturing (no assembly or inter-dependent jobs) have found the anarchic system to be robust to disruption (Ma et al, 2019a), able to embrace complexity, scale and customisation (Ma et al, 2018(Ma et al, , 2019b.…”

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“…Flexible production planning, scheduling and control of complex assembly systems is very difficult to achieve and has traditionally been managed through centralised and hierarchical methods; however, these have significant drawbacks due to their rigid structure (Bock et al, 2006). Heterarchical distributed systems offer a radical alternative that supposedly can manage complexity (Ma et al, 2019b) whilst delivering desirable characteristics of flexibility, fault-tolerance, self-organisation, etc. (Duffie & Piper, 1987;Ouelhadj & Petrovic, 2009;Shen & Norrie, 1999;Tharumarajah, 2001).…”

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Anarchic manufacturing: implementing fully distributed control and planning in assembly

Nassehi

Snider

2021

Production & Manufacturing Research

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This paper demonstrates that a distributed control and planning system can fulfil an idealised mixed-model assembly problem and compete with traditional systems. The anarchic manufacturing system is a distributed planning and control system, based on a free market structure, where system elements have decision-making authority and autonomy. Mixed-model assembly is typically managed centrally for production planning and control, using simplification and hierarchical structures to manage complexity. In developing anarchy, inter-job cooperation is implemented to synergise jobs together and fulfil global objectives efficiently. The anarchic system maximises available flexibility, through embracing complexity, and reduces myopic decision making by maximising an agent's lifetime profitability. Through agent-based simulation experiments, the anarchic system is compared to fixed and flexible centralised systems. The proposed system outperforms traditional systems when the scenario's structural flexibility allows agile and delayed dynamic decision making. Additionally, the anarchic system managed dynamic bottleneck disruptions as effectively as flexible centralised systems.

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Embracing complicatedness and complexity with Anarchic Manufacturing

Cited by 12 publications

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Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Leaf Spring Manufacturing’s Performance

Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Leaf Spring Manufacturing’s Performance

The Influence of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation System on Company Performance Mediated by Organizational Capabilities

Anarchic manufacturing: implementing fully distributed control and planning in assembly

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