Throughput analysis is important for the design, operation and management of production
systems. A substantial amount of research has been devoted to develo** analytical …

Manufacturing companies are continuously facing the challenge of operating their
manufacturing processes and systems in order to deliver the required production rates of …

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are critical for manufacturing operation management and
continuous improvement (CI). In modern manufacturing systems, KPIs are defined as a set of …

Product design's impact on quality is widely recognized. Less well recognized is the impact
of production system design on quality. As quality can be improved by integrating it with the …

Many problems in manufacturing systems can be formulated via Markov stochastic
modeling. This paper gives a review and classification of timed models of manufacturing …

This paper presents an analytical method for evaluating the performance of production
systems, jointly considering in a unique framework quality and production logistics …

Predictive maintenance (PM) and quality management help to improve the business bottom
line by alleviating the system performance degradation caused by unscheduled machine …

In this paper, we introduce two application studies of Production Systems Engineering (PSE)
at a Toyota manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, USA. Specifically, we study the …

This paper describes the design and implementation of a continuous improvement project at
an automotive paint shop. The development is based on a recently developed improvement …

Customers define the functional requirements of products, while manufacturers need to
respond appropriately and provide the market with products that customers will accept [1] …