Production Flow Analysis
Book chapter, 2015
This article describes a technique for identifying families of components and associated groups of processes to which they can be allocated in production. The result provides a way of producing the components more efficiently in cells with fewer process set-ups and shorter distances moved.
component families
production cells
production flow analysis
process grouping
Author
David Bennett
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Volume 10, Operations Management, 3rd Edition
978-1-119-97251-8 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Other Engineering and Technologies
Business Administration
Areas of Advance
Production
DOI
10.1002/9781118785317.weom100062
ISBN
978-1-119-97251-8