Towards a framework for analyzing efficiency during start-up: an empirical investigation of a Swedish auto manufacturer

Article Abstract:

The four independent variables of work method, work pace, process disturbances and product conformance either separately or integrally affect output and the increase of efficiency during start-up. This was gleaned from data from the start-up phase of the new Volvo S70 model introduced in the Volvo Torslanda final assembly plant, using an engineering cost model. A framework for analyzing efficiency during manufacturing start-up was developed, which focuses efforts on specific improvement areas not only during start-up but as early as the preproduction phase.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Automobile Manufacturing, Foreign-Make Autos, Analysis, Finance, Automobile industry, Industrial efficiency, Economic efficiency, AB Volvo, Foreign cars

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Development of the production using participative simulation games: two case studies

Article Abstract:

The use of interactive and participative simulation games to develop production processes was evaluated in two case studies. The first case study involved a simulation game used in a printing house, while the other simulation game was applied in a roll shop in a paper finishing machinery production. The simulation games were found to be viable in testing and evaluating the required modifications in a production process before they are implemented.

Models, Usage, Simulation methods, Simulation

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