Seru Production System: A Review and Projections for Future Research

• Autorzy: Shih Yung Chin

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DOI

10.24425/mper.2021.139995

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In mid-1992, Japanese consultant Yamada Hitoshi was tasked with modifying the production systems of Japanese companies as the existing configurations at manufacturing plants no longer satisfied unstable demands. He made improvements to the overall production system by dividing the long assembly lines into several short ones called cells or seru. Although of the advantages, it is still unclear about how to manage this new production system, and what variables really promoted the desired benefits. We identify in total 39 articles from 2004– 2020 about the progress of the seru production system, and we observe some possibilities to improve the effectiveness of this type of the production system. The first is the possibility of manufacturing the product in flexible sequence, in which the operations are independent among them. We show through the developed example that the makespan may be different. We noted when converting the in-line production system to one pure seru, the makespan tend to increase. Nevertheless, when analyzing the effectiveness of serus working concomitantly considering splitting the same lot, makespan and the cost may be reduced. And finally, when converting to one of pure serus, the performance may be similar to that obtained when serus working concomitantly.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

seru production system; flexible manufacturing system; reconfigurable manufacturing system; production activity control; assembly; disassembly; manufacturing plant control

• Wydawca: Production Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences ; Polish Association for Production Management
• Czasopismo: Management and Production Engineering Review
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 14, No. 4
• Strony: 53--70
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 56 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Shih Yung Chin

• Federal University of Technology, Dept of Production Engineering, Brazil

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1680-3313

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023)