Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 25 Issue 7

Performance analysis and measurement of reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Ibrahim H. Garbie

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new performance analysis and measurement regarding reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) taken into consideration new circumstances…

Performance-based logistics – an illusive panacea or a concept for the future?

Martin Holmbom, Bjarne Bergquist, Erik Vanhatalo

The purpose of this paper is to summarize previously reported benefits, drawbacks and important aspects for implementation of performance-based logistics (PBL), and to identify…

Development of an integrated real time dispatching system: A case study at a semiconductor assembly and test factory

Yanting Ni, Yuchen Li, Jin Yao, Jingmin Li

In a complex semiconductor manufacturing system (SMS) environment, the implementation of dynamic production scheduling and dispatching strategies is critical for SMS distributed…

Evaluating Six Sigma methodology to improve logistical measures of food distribution SMEs

Alireza Shokri, David Oglethorpe, Farhad Nabhani

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implementation of the Six Sigma methodology as a systematic business strategy and quality initiative to improve the critical…

A framework for the quality-oriented design of micro manufacturing process chains

Daniel Rippel, Michael Lütjen, Bernd Scholz-Reiter

In micro cold forming, the high degree of technological dependencies between manufacturing, quality inspection and handling technologies leads to an extremely complex planning of…

An evaluation of input and output of expert systems for selection of material handling equipment

Mohsen M.D. Hassan

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate expert systems (ES) for selection of material handling (MH) equipment on their use of information and generation of equipment, and provide…

Managing protection in high reliability organisations in an emerging country context

Ian Hipkin

Catastrophic failures in high-reliability installations result from technical and human factors. The purpose of this paper is to use reports of the BP Texas refinery accident and…