Use of Assembly Information in Global Production Networks

• Competition on the world market has forced manufacturers worldwide towards higher quality and performancetargets in production systems. Therefore, the manufacturers need to be more cost efficient in their processes. Dueto the rapid changes in technology and market demands the assembly operators meet a high amount of productvariants every day. Earlier research has shown that depending on how information is presented to the assemblyoperator the quality on produced items. Therefore, a case study has been performed to understand how assemblyinformation is treated at different productions sites in different countries in one production network. The case studyhas been carried out through a web survey addressed to 12 different production sites in seven countries. The casestudy is also compared with a previous case study addressed to production sites in Sweden. Since the study isfocused on Global Production Networks the focus of the study is put on how diversity appears within a productionnetwork. The case study shows that diversity may not just be perceived between countries and different productionsites, it can also be perceived within one production site.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Kommunikationssystem (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Communication Systems (hsv//eng)

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