TY  - JOUR
AB  - The paper presents results of a pilot programme aimed at efficiency improvement in a multi‐site factories system for automotive component production. Firstly, the company background has been outlined and main problems of the old manufacturing system have been examined. In order to increase competitiveness in global and turbulent markets a renewed organization approach has been proposed based on total manufacturing management and just‐in‐time methodologies. Improvements in set‐up and lead times, work in progress, material handling, product and process quality, environmental effects, have all been assessed, keeping a quite low project cost (around $4 million).
VL  - 101
IS  - 4
SN  - 0263-5577
DO  - 10.1108/02635570110390161
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02635570110390161
AU  - Marcello Pelagagge Pacifico
PY  - 2001
Y1  - 2001/01/01
TI  - Efficiency improvement programme in a multi‐site production system: an overview
T2  - Industrial Management & Data Systems
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 181
EP  - 185
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -