A Diagnostic Tree for Improving Production Line Performance

Hopp, Wallace J.; Iravani, Seyed M. R.; Shou, Biying

doi:10.1111/j.1937-5956.2007.tb00167.x

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“…The findings thus support the calls for more pragmatic research in operations management (Guide and Van Wassenhove, 2007;Hopp et al, 2007). A pragmatic approach to the research on production planning would acknowledge that a single technique or practice can seldom prevail in all environments.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…The theory offers a new answer to the question of why so many practitioners use less sophisticated planning methods than what is discussed in the literature (Jonsson and Mattsson, 2003;McKay et al, 2002). As the results indicate that the less sophisticated methods are more effective in some processes, it is not appropriate to attribute the gap to practitioners' lack of mathematical skills or insufficient training (Hopp et al, 2007).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

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Contingency theory of capacity planning: The link between process types and planning methods

Tenhiälä

2010

J of Ops Management

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a b s t r a c tAlthough the reliability of production plans is crucial for the performance of manufacturing organizations, most practitioners use considerably simpler planning methods than what is recommended in the operations management literature. This article employs the contingency theory of organizations to explain the gap between the practice and the academic models of production planning. Arguments on the contingency effects of process complexity lead to a hypothesis that expects simple capacity planning methods to be most effective in certain production processes. A strong inference research setting is used to test the contingency hypothesis against a conventional hypothesis that expects the most sophisticated planning techniques to always be most effective. Multisource data from the machinery manufacturing industry support the contingency hypothesis and reject the universalistic hypothesis. The findings are explained using the concepts of task interdependence and bounded rationality. The results have several managerial implications, and they elaborate how classic concepts in organization theory can bring practically relevant insights to operations management research.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Contingency theory of capacity planning: The link between process types and planning methods

Tenhiälä

2010

J of Ops Management

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“…A detailed description of this approach is given in the next section. Hopp, Iravani, and Shou (2007) also use these concepts to structure the relationship between different shop-floor parameters in the form of a diagnostic tree.…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessing the impact of alternative continuous improvement programmes in a flow shop using system dynamics

Filho

Uzsoy

2013

International Journal of Production Research

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We use a system dynamics simulation model based on the Factory Physics perspective to study the cumulative effect of continuous improvement in arrival variability, process variability, defect rate, time to failure, repair time and set-up time on operating curves in a flow-shop environment. We find that small, simultaneous improvements at multiple locations in the line can provide reductions in cycle time comparable to, or sometimes superior to, those obtained by a major improvement at a single location. The reduction of process variability is often an excellent alternative to reducing the mean of a parameter, because process variability at a given station affects not only that station, but all downstream stations due to its impact on flow variability. Improvements at non-bottleneck stations also have significant benefits, again by reducing the variability of flow to the bottleneck station. These results suggest a broader interpretation of some aspects of the Theory of Constraints, and help explain the successful results of the Toyota Production System.

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“…However, the mathematical models are concentrated on a small part of the real problem, while the performance problems of production involve a wide range of factors (Hopp et al, 2007).…”

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Multicriteria decision aid tool for the operational management of an industry: a constructivist case

Bortoluzzi

Ensslin

et al. 2017

BJO&PM

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The objective of this work is to construct a performance evaluation model to provide support to a production director in the management of the productive operations of a furniture industry. In this sense, we sought through the Multicriteria Decision Aid Constructivist Methodology (i) to identify the factors considered important by the production director for evaluating the performance of productive operations, (ii) to measure each criterion of performance evaluation, (iii) to integrate the criteria to allow the evaluation of organizational performance at the tactical and strategic levels and (iv) to develop a process to manage the actions of productive operations improvement. As a research result we have a performance evaluation model for supporting the management of the productive operations. We conclude that the MCDA-C allowed for building the knowledge of the decision-maker on how to identify and measure the critical variables and manage the performance of the productive operations.

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A Diagnostic Tree for Improving Production Line Performance

Cited by 21 publications

References 19 publications

Contingency theory of capacity planning: The link between process types and planning methods

Contingency theory of capacity planning: The link between process types and planning methods

Assessing the impact of alternative continuous improvement programmes in a flow shop using system dynamics

Multicriteria decision aid tool for the operational management of an industry: a constructivist case

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