Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a commonly assessed method employed for the analysis of manufacturing processes. The principal asset of the method is its ability to identify wastes. Adopting lean manufacturing and lean management rules it is possible to eliminate such wastes. In the paper the case study of a manufacturing process of sleeves is presented. The current value stream map (CSM) and the...

Nowadays the market for industrial companies is becoming more and more globalized and highly competitive, forcing them to shorten the duration of the manufacturing system development time in order to reduce the time to market. In order to achieve this target, the hierarchical systems used in previous manufacturing systems are not enough because they cannot deal effectively with unexpected situa...

nowadays, we live in a world which quality, speed, accuracy and cost are the most important parameters in parts' design and manufacturing. due to the complexity of part manufacturing, traditional and nontraditional manufacturing techniques are used. aerodynamic tests usually requires one or several models for testing in wind tunnels and these models typically have particular complexities in whi...

One of the most important problems when considering the design of manufacturing systems based on SOA paradigms is the integration of shop floor devices in the business processes at the enterprise level. This paper presents the design and implementation of the Customer Order Management (COM) module based on SOA architecture in the context of holonic manufacturing systems. The COM module is integ...

This paper tests the validity of Verdoorn’s law in Greek manufacturing. Through the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) methodology, estimates of the Verdoorn law in aggregated and disaggregated manufacturing Greek data are obtained in order to explain disparities in income and growth among Greek manufacturing sectors. The results provided evidence that increasing returns to scale with certain,...

This paper has combed the research results on internal control of small and medium manufacturing enterprises of domestic and foreign scholars. Combined with the status analysis of internal control and risk management of small and medium manufacturing enterprises, this paper built the internal control framework of small and medium manufacturing enterprises based on comprehensive risk management ...

We consider a multi-period order selection problem in ̄exible manufacturing systems, which is the problem of selecting orders to be produced in each period during the upcoming planning horizon with the objective of minimising earliness and tardiness costs and subcontracting costs. The earliness and tardiness costs are incurred if an order is not ®nished on time, while subcontracting cost is incu...

In today’s highly competitive market, business competition occurs not only between companies, but also between supply chains. Distributed, yet autonomous, companies intend to collaborate with others, so they can focus on their core competencies to enhance their own competition in the market. However, collaboration relies on quick information exchanges, which are now fragile between collaborativ...

Process planning plays an important role for ensuring machining quality, reducing production cost, and shortening leading time. Since there are many uncertainty factors for manufacturing resources in a changing manufacturing environment, especially for small batch manufacturing of large scale parts requiring long process planning time, manufacturing companies are facing significant challenges o...