One of the strategic decisions of any organization is decision making about manufacturing
strategy. Manufacturing strategy is a perspective distinguishing a company from other
present companies in that industry and creates a kind of stability in decisions and gives a special
direction to organizational activities. SIR (SUPERIORITY& INFERIORITY Ranking)
method and their applications have attracted much attention from academics and practitioners.
FSIR proves to be a very useful method for multiple criteria decision making in fuzzy
environments, which has found substantial applications in recent years. This paper proposes
a FSIR approach based methodology for TOPSIS, which using MILTENBURG Strategy
Worksheet in order to analyzing of the status of strategy of the Gas Company. Then formulates
the priorities of a fuzzy pair-wise comparison matrix as a linear programming and
derives crisp priorities from fuzzy pair-wise comparison matrices
Manufacturing levers (Alternatives) are examined and analyzed as the main elements of
manufacturing strategy. Also, manufacturing outputs (Criteria are identified that are competitive
priorities of production of any organization. Next, using a hybrid approach of FSIR
and TOPSIS, alternatives (manufacturing levers) are ranked. So dealing with the selected
manufacturing levers and promoting them, an organization makes customers satisfied with
the least cost and time.
Up to date, workload and worker performance in Small Medium-sized Enterprise (SMEs)
was assessed manually. KESAN (Kansei Engineering-based Sensor for Agroindustry) was
developed as a tool to assess worker workload and performance. The latest prototype of
KESAN was established. As the final step prior to the full-scale mass production, an industrial
design was required and must be designed based on the validation to user needs. This
research proposed an industrial design for mass production of KESAN using Kano model
and Quality Function Deployment (QFD). The user needs was extracted from attributive
analysis of Kano model. The matrix of House of Quality (HOQ) was utilized to connect
the user needs and technical requirement. The research result validated Thirteen (13) user
need attributes. The most important attribute was desktop application as an integrated
decision support system. Fourteen (14) technical requirement attributes were identified to
fulfil the user needs. Finally, a prototype was developed based on product final specification
and prioritized technical requirements.
The relatively limited application of lean in the food process industries has been attributed to
the unique characteristics of the food sector i.e. short shelf-life, heterogeneous raw materials,
and seasonality. Moreover, barriers such as large and inflexible machinery, long setup time,
and resource complexity, has limited the implementation and impact of lean practices in
process industries in general. Contrary to the expectations in the literature, we bring in this
paper a successful experience of lean implementation in a company of the food-processing
sector. By focusing on two lean tools (VSM and SMED), the company reduced changeover
time by 34%, and increased the production capacity of the main production line by 11%.
This improvement enabled the company to avoid the use of temporary workers by extending
the worktime of its workforce during peak months. Moreover, the reduction of setup time
avoided the use of large lot size in production, which, in turn, reduced the total cycle time
of production and the incidence of quality problems.
Labor absenteeism is a factor that affects the good performance of organizations in any
part of the world, from the instability that is generated in the functioning of the system.
This is evident in the effects on quality, productivity, reaction time, among other aspects.
The direct causes by which it occurs are generally known and with greater reinforcement
the diseases are located, without distinguishing possible classifications. However, behind
these or other causes can be found other possible factors of incidence, such as age or sex.
This research seeks to explore, through the application of neural networks, the possible
relationship between different variables and their incidence in the levels of absenteeism. To
this end, a neural networks model is constructed from the use of a population of more than
12,000 employees, representative of various classification categories. The study allowed the
characterization of the influence of the different variables studied, supported in addition to
the performance of an ANOVA analysis that allowed to corroborate and clarify the results
of the neural network analysis.
Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management.
The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed.
We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials.
Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.
Performance measurement system in supply chain management (SCM) has been receiving increasing
attention by business organizations as a way to evaluate efficiency in supply chain
activities. Assessing the performance of supply chain uncovers the gap between planning
and actual performance as to trace the potential problems thus ascertain necessary areas
for improvement. This research aims to investigate the application of performance measurement
system in SCM as well as exploring its relationship with organization’s performance
among Malaysian manufacturing firms. By utilizing the questionnaire method, respondents
involved were requested to indicate the extent to which they use a number of 24 selected
performance measures that are related to SCM. The results show that the majority of the
observed manufacturing firms utilize specific performance measurement tools in evaluating
the supply chain performance. The current performance measurement techniques, the Balanced
Score Card is adopted by around a quarter of the total responding firms followed
by Supply Chain Operations References Model – SCOR, which attracts total users of only
a fifth of the total respondents. In particular, performance measures under customer service
category recorded the highest number of usage followed by cost-based performance measures
and operations management. The results of this investigation also unveil few major points
that are important to be highlighted. Firstly, the obtained outcomes of this study bring to
light the significant relationships between the utilization of supply chain performance measures
under customer service, operations management and organizational performance. In
addition, this study discovered a significant correlation between the size of the organization
and the extent of use of supply chain performance measures and how these two variables
positively correlated. Lastly, the findings also suggested that the performance measures for
SCM has been playing a crucial role in enhancing the performance of the organizations and
is increasingly operated as the firms grow in size. Based on the brief highlighted points listed
above, it is not an exaggeration to say that this research contributes new information to the
body of knowledge in performance measurement system in SCM and its associations with
organizational performance.
The main purpose of this article is to present an author’s methodology of production levelling
and to show the impact of levelling on the time during which the product passes
through the process and on staff performance. The article presents the analysis of literature
concerning the method of improving the production process, especially taking production
levelling into consideration. The authors focussed on the definition and methodologies of
production levelling. A diagram of interrelations showing determinants and efficiency measures
of production levelling as well as an author’s production levelling methodology have
been presented. An example of the implementation of production levelling in one of the departments
of a company manufacturing surgical instruments has also been shown. Analysis
of the current state, stages of implementation and end effects have been presented. Attention
was focussed on the time during which the product passes through the process and on staff
performance.
Seasonality is a function of a time series in which the data experiences regular and predictable
changes that repeat each calendar year. Two-stage stochastic programming model
for real industrial systems at the case of a seasonal demand is presented. Sampling average
approximation (SAA) method was applied to solve a stochastic model which gave a productive
structure for distinguishing and statistically testing a different production plan. Lingo
tool is developed to obtain the optimal solution for the proposed model which is validated
by Math works Matlab. The actual data of the industrial system; from the General Manufacturing
Company, was applied to examine the proposed model. Seasonal future demand
is then estimated using the multiplicative seasonal method, the effect of seasonality was
presented and discussed. One might say that the proposed model is viewed as a moderately
accurate tool for industrial systems in case of seasonal demand. The current research may
be considered a significant tool in case of seasonal demand. To illustrate the applicability of
the proposed model a numerical example is solved using the proposed technique. ANOVA
analysis is applied using MINITAB 17 statistical software to validate the obtained results.
The difficulty of innovation risk assessment makes it necessary to use a multi-criteria analysis.
Innovative projects are related to unstructured problems and the uncertainty, therefore,
the use of fuzzy logic in the innovation risk assessment is analyzed. This paper proposes
a method of determining the weights of criteria in order to innovation risk assessment. The
weights are determined by 5 general criteria and 14 detailed criteria of innovation risk assessment.
The proposed method is an extension of the fuzzy AHP method. The extension
consists in taking into consideration the group decision-making approach with experts’ psychological
conditions. The groups of experts have been chosen based on an elaborated form.
The form makes it possible to characterize the persons within the scope of different psychological
conditions. The proposed method provides objective and rational decision-making.
The paper presents also a comparison of results with the fuzzy AHP method without the
group decision making. The weights obtained by the proposed method are more diversified
and bring out the most important criteria.
This study presents a customized root cause analysis approach to investigate the reasons,
provide improvements measures for the cost overruns, and schedule slippage in papermachine-
building projects. The proposed approach is an analytical-survey approach that
uses both actual technical data and experts’ opinions. Various analysis tools are embedded
in the approach including: data collection and clustering, interviews with experts, 5-Whys,
Pareto charts, cause and effect diagram, and critical ratio control charts. The approach was
implemented on seven projects obtained from a leading international paper machine supplier.
As a result, it was found that the main causes behind cost and schedule deviations
are products’ related; including technical accidents in the Press section, damaged parts, design
issues, optimization of the machine and missing parts. Based on the results, prevention
measures were perceived.
The operation of thermal devices and installations, in particular heat exchangers, is associated
with the formation of various deposits of sediments, forming the boiler scale. The
amount of precipitate depends on the quality of the flowing liquids treatment, as well as
the intensity of the use of devices. There are both mechanical and chemical treatment methods
to remove these deposits. The chemical methods of boiler scale treatment include the
cleaning method consisting in dissolving boiler scale inside heat devices. Worked out descaling
concentrate contains phosphoric acid (V) and the components that inhibit corrosion,
anti-foam substances, as well as anti-microbial substances as formalin, ammonium chloride,
copper sulphate and zinc sulfate. Dissolution of the boiler scale results in the formation of
wastewater which can be totally utilized as raw materials in phosphoric fertilizer produc
Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management.
The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed.
We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials.
Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.
Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management.
The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed.
We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials.
Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.
Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management.
The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed.
We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials.
Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.
Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management.
The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed.
We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials.
Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.
Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management.
The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed.
We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials.
Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.