Buffer Size Design in Pharmaceutical Packaging Lines: An Analytical Methodology Proposal and Case Study

Benedetti, Miriam; Cesarotti, Vittorio; Giuiusa, Alessio; Introna, Vito

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“…It should match with the customers’ needs and wants (Makanjuola and Enujiugha, 2015). It should be reviewed frequently and carefully since different packaging sizes may be required for different markets, depending on the target market customer needs (Benedetti et al , 2014). The packaging size is closely linked to usability, for consumers tend to use this visual criterion as a heuristic.…”

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Effects of perfume packaging on Basque female consumers purchase decision in Spain

Salem

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine perfume packaging in Spain and its effects on Basque female consumers’ purchase decision. The study population was made up of females, as they represent the highest consumer in the perfume market, accounting for 67 percent of the total perfume sales (Trufragance.com). Furthermore, in the past few years the perfume industry has basically targeted females (McIntyre, 2013). Design/methodology/approach An empirical study was conducted using a questionnaire to collect primary data in order to test the hypotheses. The questionnaire was distributed to 400 randomly selected respondents, from the general female population. Findings The findings show a relationship between the independent variables (i.e. visual packaging design, verbal packaging design, and packaging benefits) and the dependent variable (i.e. consumer purchase decision) based on several reasons discussed thoroughly in this paper. Additionally, age, education level, marital status, monthly income, and employment category of sample subjects influence the effect of perfume packaging on purchase decisions. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of this study is the use of simple random sampling. The research findings bear important implications for more functional, emotional, environmental, and socially responsible marketing practice where packaging is concerned. Practical implications The findings of this study contribute to the understanding of packaging as a strategic marketing tool and how it can significantly influence the female’s purchase decision. Thus, giving managers and marketers a competitive advantage in this increasingly growing market. A new concept and measurement scale is presented that can be used for identifying creative packaging design and its benefits. Originality/value This study remains one of few research works focusing on the four dimensions of packaging benefits: functional, social, emotional, and environmental. Furthermore, it attempts to fulfill the identified need for encompassing potential and generally accepted packaging elements, including both the visual and verbal elements. Therefore, the uniqueness of this study arises from its examination of both aspects simultaneously, which has been ignored in previous research.

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Effects of perfume packaging on Basque female consumers purchase decision in Spain

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2018

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“…The buffer allocation problem is a well-known problem and is widely discussed in literature [16][17][18][19][20]26]. However, specifically on buffer dimensioning, the focus in literature concerns rigid production systems [16,17,26] or generic automated flexible production systems [18].…”

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“…However, specifically on buffer dimensioning, the focus in literature concerns rigid production systems [16,17,26] or generic automated flexible production systems [18]. These approaches, such as those by Senanayake et al [18] and Drobouchevitch et al [26], cannot be used to modelize and analyze robotized flexible production systems in applications where industrial robots must interact with a feeding system and a working station.…”

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Throughput maximization and buffer design of robotized flexible production systems with feeder renewals and priority rules

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Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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Automation is a powerful way to reduce production costs. The growing market demand for a wide set of models and small batch production make flexible automated production systems an emerging need in several industries. The aim of this paper is to analyze and to maximize the performance of robotized flexible production systems consisting of a robot, feeder, working station, and unloading station, where the operations of the working cycle are scheduled using a sequencing algorithm based on priority rules. Since the working cycle is not predefined, the cycle time is strongly influenced by the parameters characterizing the workcell such as the workcell layout, the robot transfer movements, the feeder, the working operations, and the presence of a buffer between stations. In this work, we modeled the working cycle of a simple but representative layout of an industrial robotized flexible production system with and without buffer, and we implemented a recursive algorithm to estimate the cycle time. The analytical model derived was compared to the experimental results, obtained by using a prototype of the flexible production workcell. The results show that the analytical model is a powerful tool to estimate the performance of the workcell and to identify the design variables or their combinations that maximize the throughput

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Systematic Literature Review and Overview of Different Approaches

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Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a key performance indicator used to measure equipment productivity. The purpose of this study is to review and analyze the evolution of OEE, present modifications made over the original model and identify future development areas. This paper presents a systematic literature review; a structured and transparent study is performed by establishing procedures and criteria that must be followed for selecting relevant evidences and addressing research questions effectively. In a general search, 862 articles were obtained; after eliminating duplicates and applying certain inclusion and exclusion criteria, 186 articles were used for this review. This research presents three principal results: (1) The academic interest in this topic has increased over the last five years and the keywords have evolved from being related to maintenance and production, to being related to lean manufacturing and optimization; (2) A list of authors who have developed models based on OEE has been created; and (3) OEE is an emerging topic in areas such as logistics and services. To the best of our knowledge, no comparable review has been published recently. This research serves as a basis for future relevant studies.

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Buffer Size Design in Pharmaceutical Packaging Lines: An Analytical Methodology Proposal and Case Study

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

Effects of perfume packaging on Basque female consumers purchase decision in Spain

Effects of perfume packaging on Basque female consumers purchase decision in Spain

Throughput maximization and buffer design of robotized flexible production systems with feeder renewals and priority rules

Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Systematic Literature Review and Overview of Different Approaches

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