Successful manufacturing system designs must be capable of satisfying the strategic
objectives of a company. There exist numerous tools to design manufacturing systems. Most …

The delivery of real bottom-line results from manufacturing improvements has proven to be
much harder than expected for most companies. TQM, Zero-Defect Manufacturing, and …

Purpose–To evaluate the current state of manufacturing in some selected plants in
electronics, telecommunication/wireless, and computer industries in the Republic of China …

Purpose–To increase productivity in an automotive assembly plant to satisfy customer
demand and also develop best practices for productivity improvement for robotic welding …

The focus of this paper is on the use of the Manufacturing System Design Decomposition
(MSDD) to make effective cost and production system design decisions. A comparative study …

Abstract Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are facing everyday the hard
competition of global markets and higher requirements of the customers. For co** with …

TRIZ is a Russian acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, which is a little-
known algorithmic system for solving engineering problems. It has been developed by …

This paper offers an extension of axiomatic design theory to ensure that leaders, managers,
and engineers can sustain manufacturing systems throughout the product lifecycle. The …

The definition of system metrics is crucial to determine if a manufacturing system design is
truly effective because inappropriate metrics can lead to ineffective or improperly-focused …

In recent years, many design approaches have been developed for automated
manufacturing systems in the fields of reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs) …