Testing Complexity Index – a Method for Measuring Perceived Production Complexity
Paper in proceeding, 2012
Complexcity Index (CXI) is a method developed to help manufacturing companies to describe complexity as experienced and to assist in reducing the effects it has on operator performance. The method is targeting the perceived complexity and was tested at Volvo Cars Corporation. Reproducibility of the method could be seen between respondents and was considered a valuable tool for visualizing problem-areas at the stations. It is suggested that objective data could be one way to identify which stations should be tested in-depth with the CXI method, and that CXI could be used for suggesting improvements or appropriate support tools.
improvement suggestions
problem areas
Production complexity
case study
perceived complexity
Author
Sandra Mattsson
Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems
Per Gullander
Swerea
Ulrika Ny Harlin
Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems
Swerea
Gunnar Bäckstrand
University of Skövde
Swerea
Åsa Fasth
Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems
Anna Davidsson
Volvo Cars
Procedia CIRP
22128271 (eISSN)
Vol. 3 1 394-399
45th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, CMS 2012
Aten, Greece,
Aten, Greece,
Subject Categories
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Areas of Advance
Production
DOI
10.1016/j.procir.2012.07.068