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- Carlsson, Inga-Lill, et al.
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Investing in Lean to Improve Basic Capabilities : A strategy for System Supply?
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management. - : Omnia Publisher SL. - 2013-8423 .- 2013-0953. ; 10:1, s. 28-48
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This paper describes the perceived effects of implementing lean production in aSwedish SME contract manufacturer. Especially focused are the effects on, and possible tradeoffsbetween, cost-efficiency and flexibility.Design/methodology/approach: SME suppliers need basic capabilities of qualitativeproduction performance as stepping-stones to develop more system supplier capabilities foradded customer value. Development of stable production processes is seen as a way to reachstable basic performance, efficient and with higher resource utilization. Quality is a precursor todelivery performance as well as to cost reduction and flexibility. This is a longitudinal single casestudy of a SME supplier striving to become a system supplier. Two main sources of datacollection are used: interviews and the main author’s presence as employee and businessdeveloper, participating in and following up the ongoing change process.Findings: Analyzing the development over time illustrated the importance of context andcontent for the change process. Two specific findings appeared: (1) An initial effect was animportant “eye-opener” for the balance between cost efficiency and flexibility in the organization.(2) Process orientation, as the basis of both lean and agile approaches, allows many improvementswithout any conflicts or trade-offs between these two goals. Stability in the production leads to increased controllability, initially resulting in both higher cost-efficiency and higher flexibility. Asthe organization develops however, strategic considerations relating to the chosen market strategymight occur: cost leadership or differentiation.Research limitations/implications: These results reflect the experiences of one SME supplierand further studies are needed for generalizability.Originality/value: The study increases the understanding of how a SME may develop stableprocesses in its different supplier-customer contexts. The study points at some necessary basiccomponents of this process approach as a first step for the transition to system supplier.
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- Linderson, Sara, et al.
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The Issue of Corporate Mandatory Standards in Production Improvement Programmes
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management. - : Omnia Publisher SL. - 2013-8423 .- 2013-0953. ; 17:2, s. 385-402
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This paper aims to explore and describe how companies manage the level of standardisation of improvement practices in a multisite context. It seeks to explain the managerial strategies applied to change the standardisation level in manufacturing companies with multiple production sites worldwide. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reports from a case based on data collected through semi-structured interviews, participant observations and company documents from a large multinational producing company and, specifically, from of the largest production sites in the company. The research design resembles a grounded theory approach by being reflexive and open to emerging themes. The standardisation strategy was analysed at a company that strived to increase the standardisation of problem-solving practices within about 20 production sites as part of their corporate lean programme. Findings: Several managerial tools were applied at the corporate level to increase the standardisation level of problem-solving practices, such as developing standards and a company-specific toolbox aligned with an in-house maturity model. In addition, deploying change leaders and global implementation targets enabled audits and progress. However, consequences at the production-site level became minor adaptations of standards, the design of training models as a “roll-out”, and a resource-demanding implementation process. Originality/value: This paper empirically demonstrates strategic tools that corporate management teams apply to influence the company’s standardisation level of practices. The study describes the purpose and consequences of the design of the toolbox, maturity model, training model, and implementation targets, which aims to simplify the complex task of managing standardisation in a corporate group. By applying a knowledge-based view, four processes (i.e. adaptation, integration, upskilling, and learning) were identified to improve the management strategies in multisite contexts.
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- Mahmood Reza, Khabbazi, 1972-, et al.
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Module-based Quality System Functionality Evaluation in Production Logistics
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management. - : OmniaScience. - 2013-8423 .- 2013-0953. ; 9:2, s. 310-329
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This paper addresses a comprehensive modeling and functionality evaluation of amodule-based quality system in production logistics at the highest domain abstract level ofbusiness processes.Design/methodology/approach: All domain quality business processes and quality datatransactions are modeled using BPMN and UML tools and standards at the business process anddata modeling. A modular web-based prototype is developed to evaluate the models addressingthe quality information system functionality requirements and modularity in production logisticsthrough data scenarios and data queries.Findings: Using the object-oriented technique in design at the highest domain level, theproposed models are subject further development in the lower levels for the implementing case.The models are specifically able to manipulate all quality operations including remedy and controlin a lot-based make-to-order production logistics system as an individual module.Practical implications: Due to the specification of system as domain design structure, allproposed BPMs, data models, and the actual database prototype are seen referential if not asolution as a practical “to-be” quality business process re-engineering template. Originality/value: this paper sets out to provide an explanatory approach using differentpractical technique at modeling steps as well as the prototype implementation.
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