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- Ellegård, Kajsa, 1951, et al.
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Reflective Production in the Final Assembly of Motor Vehicles - An Emerging Swedish Challenge
- 1992
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Ingår i: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. - 1758-6593 .- 0144-3577. ; 12:7/8, s. 117-133
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Presents some theoretical principles and empirical evidence relating to the new Swedish production systems for final assembly of motor vehicles. Contends that in these production systems it is possible simultaneously to enhance efficiency and quality of working life. Briefly sketches three production forms as they apply to the final assembly of automobiles and discusses the societal environments in which these different forms of production have evolved. It focuses on Volvo Uddevalla plant as one of the main examples so far of a reflective production system for final assembly of automobiles. Amplifies the analysis of different production flow patterns for final assembly and in particular addresses the issue of semi‐parallel mechanistic production flow and parallel organic production flow as alternatives to serial flow on a conventional line assembly. A comment: This publication is authored together with e.g. senior research competencies (1) within vocational learning and training as well as (2) within time-geography with whom Engström have had long time cooperation procedures. But also personal at our department/research group (Mats Johansson) well as our knowledgeable contact person (Bertil Johansson) within Volvo contributed (he has really helped us out for decades and was responsible for the continuous contacts with Volvo in most any matter).
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- Engström, Tomas, 1950, et al.
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Alternatives to Line Assembly: Some Swedish examples
- 1996
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Ingår i: International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. - 1872-8219 .- 0169-8141. ; 17:3, s. 235-245
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, some criticism of Lean production has occurred, focusing among other things on the working conditions and the susceptibility of traditional assembly work in a society upgrading the demands for a more humanized work. Recently, this criticism has also concerned the technical aspects of this type of manufacturing. Because of this, alternatives to line assembly merit some attention. Experiences from some innovative production systems operated in the Swedish automotive industry during the last two decades are of particular interest. These unconventional production systems feature autonomous work groups and extended work cycles. These types of production systems are elucidated in detail by means of e.g nuance the concept of utilising buffers, i.e. there are different types of buffers (or buffer functions) as is classified (or clarified) in this publications.
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- Engström, Tomas, 1950, et al.
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An Assembly-Oriented Product Description System as a Precondition for Efficient Manufacturing with Long Cycle Time Work
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Ingår i: Productivity & Quality Management Frontiers – IV, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Productivity & Quality Research, Miami, Vol. 2, Suthmanth, D. J., Edosomwan, J. A., Poupart, R. and Sink, D. S. (eds.), Industrial Engineering and Management Press, Norcross, Georgia.
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- Engström, Tomas, 1950, et al.
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Automotive Industry
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Ingår i: The Workplace – Major industries and occupations, Vol. 2, Brune, D., Gerhardsson, G., Crockford, G. W. and Norbäck, D. (eds.), International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS), International Labour Office Geneva, Scandinavian Science Publisher, Oslo. ; , s. 548-565
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Engström, Tomas, 1950, et al.
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Development of Assembly Competence in Parallelized Flow Assembly Systems
- 1994
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This publication explains the competence development (in form of the length of work cycle times, which were not fixed) within the Volvo Uddevalla plant. Note the minimum work cycle time was 1/4 of an automobile (an inventible result due to the sociotechnically advanced of assembly system design) (in fact, quite ingeniously carried out). The advance material feeding technique was the reason for this competence level (a result of the research and development work within some of the authors' experimental workshops).
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- Engström, Tomas, 1950, et al.
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Developments in Assembly System Design: The Volvo Experience
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Ingår i: Coping with Variety: Flexible Production Systems for Product Variety in the Automobile Industry; Lung, Y., Chanaron, J. J., Fujimoto, T. and Raff, D. (eds.); Ashgate, Aldershot. - : Routledge. - 9780429839931 ; , s. 192-223
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter focuses on experiences concerning the development of assembly systems within the Volvo Corporation. It provides research and development work within the Swedish automotive industry. The chapter considers a specific trajectory concerning assembly system design in the Swedish automobile industry, generalising the Volvo Kalmar and Volvo Uddevalla experiences. During 1988–1990, the managers at Volvo were planning the manufacturing of the new 800 model at the main Volvo Torslanda plant, as well as looking for a total redesign of the plant. The average product quality in the Uddevalla plant was high–in fact better than in Volvo's line assembly plants–but the product quality varied considerably. Productivity and flexibility proved to be superior to traditional serialassembly systems. Two ways of decreasing the time losses are to introduce parallel flow assembly systems–that is assembly systems consisting of many, short, unpaced flows–or to introduce buffers between work-stations.
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