Assembly Lines

Intentia: Stepping Out With Fashion and Style Part Three: Movex, a ...

by Joseph J. Strub ... For your less sophisticated suppliers, such BOM and routing features can be developed for their assembly lines and used on a manual basis. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2004/10/research_notes/MI_EV_XJS_10_06_04_1.asp - 17k Summary: The requirements for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the world of manufacturing. If you're not careful, you may find your profits falling on the cutting floor and money being swept out with the scraps. Read on to find out why running with a pair of scissors is not t

American Car Makers and Bad Management » The TEC Blog

... While just in time (JIT) and lean manufacturing is the norm, perhaps assembly lines are too much geared to mass production of a single vehicle model—a model ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2009/01/16/american-car-makers-and-bad-management/ - 47k - 2009-01-16

ERP Software Review

by TEC Staff ... Reduce the amount of time assembly lines are down, the costs of carrying inventory, production costs, and even record-keeping errors. ... http://www.technologyevaluation.com/ERP-Software-Review.lp.html - 26k - 2009-04-02 Summary: ERP software review tools help you find your best-fit ERP solutions. Researching ERP software can be time-consuming, but your ERP software search doesn't have to take all your time and energy. Using online ERP software review tools gives you ERP software ideas with less hassle. Find all the information y

Thriving and Surviving in a Turbulent World

by Benoit Montreuil ... Thus we have an eight-day window to get alternative components on our assembly lines, and get the products rapidly to our clients. The countdown is starting. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2002/12/research_notes/MI_SC_XBM_12_03_02_1.asp - 15k Summary: We can aspire to survive and even to thrive in a difficult environment if we are disciplined, bright enough and have the right tools such as a Demand and Supply Chain Planning suite to support and optimize our decisions. This article outlines an adaptive management process for manufacturing executives.

Thou Shalt Manage Human Capital Better

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... grew out of time and attendance (T&A) monitoring systems, and can now address many facets of the workforce, from making sure that assembly lines are adequately ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HumanResources/2006/09/research_notes/TU_HR_PJ_09_26_06_1.asp - 18k Summary: Although the human resources department has long been seen as a necessary evil at best, the scope of human resources management systems (HRMS) has been extended to include recruiting, competency management, training, time management, performance management, and so forth.

A Primer on Lean Manufacturing Using Microsoft Dynamics AX: Case ...

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... product line, while other product lines employ production orders. Another example involves the introduction of lean for final assembly, while subassembly ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2009/03/research_notes/PN_ER_XSH_03_09_09_1.asp - 17k Summary: To enable organizations to support lean and traditional manufacturing practices in a single system, Microsoft Dynamics AX has incorporated lean manufacturing constructs into its package. Several case studies illustrate the use of kanbans in various lean environments.

A Primer on Lean Manufacturing Using Microsoft Dynamics AX: Case ...

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... product line, while other product lines employ production orders. Another example involves the introduction of lean for final assembly, while subassembly ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/08/research_notes/PN_ER_XSH_08_29_01_1.asp - 17k Summary: To enable organizations to support lean and traditional manufacturing practices in a single system, Microsoft Dynamics AX has incorporated lean manufacturing constructs into its package. Several case studies illustrate the use of kanbans in various lean environments.

Do Chinese Enterprises Really Need MES and WMS?

by Nelson M. Nones ... or wireless devices for workers at specific assembly points along the production line. They also require their suppliers or feeder production lines to put bar ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/07/research_notes/EN_SC_XNN_07_23_05_1.asp - 25k Summary: Despite rapid industrialization in China and other developing countries, most manufacturing execution systems (MES) and warehouse management systems (WMS) are found in North America, Western Europe, and Japan. These systems have made extraordinary productivity gains possible in the West. However, Chinese

Supplier Parks - Back to the Future

by Bill McBeath ... Final assembly is done across the road at the huge Ford plant. ... putting large investments into equipping these plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing lines. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/12/research_notes/TN_SC_XBM_12_09_03_1.asp - 16k Summary: As supply chains become increasingly integrated and synchronized, we are witnessing the evolution of the business/production models (in some industries) that merge virtual integration with elements of the older vertically integrated enterprise. This has profound consequences, in particular for suppliers

Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The idea is to synchronize product assembly to make each like product unit ... of materials through functionally-oriented work centers or production lines, and are ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_01_14_04_1.asp - 14k Summary: Flow manufacturing leverages techniques to help manufacturers create any product on any given day, in any given quantity including the 'quantity of one' (i.e., through the so-called mixed-model production), while keeping inventories to a minimum and shortening cycle times in order to quickly fill custome