ISSN:
0957-6061
Source:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Economics
Notes:
Presents a case study of a production seat booking system for the photographic color film manufacturing industry. This manufacturing process is a hybrid flow shop, which consists of two manufacturing stages: first, processing of the film bulk-rolls in batches, and second, packing of the final product specifications in a continuous-process line. A production seat booking system is a new scheduling system, which reduces planning lead-time significantly, by simplifying the time-for-delivery adjustment work. It was found possible to shorten planning lead-time sharply based on this booking system. Additionally, it became possible simultaneously to reduce inventory levels and logistic-related costs through such management innovation as shortening planning lead-time and other entry delivery systems and such improvement activities as making small lot-size.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09576060010314099
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