Factor automation: the Japanese experience

Huang, Philip Y.; Sakurai, Michiharu

doi:10.1109/17.53712

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“…Note: See Appendix for a more detailed explanation of categories Frazelle [37] x x Crookall [27] x Ferdows et al [28] x x x x Young and Murray [25] x x x Voss [11] x x Park and Son [29] x Weatherall [36] x x x x x Fry and Smith [1] x x x Troxler and Blank [26] x x x x x Huang and Sakurai [31] x x x x x Tayyari and Kroll [23] Ghosh and Wabalickis [32] x x x Primrose [33] x x Datta et al [15] x x x x Demmel and Askin [24] x x x x x x x Mohanty [38] x Afzulpurkar et al [6] x Chang and Tsou [34] x x Hin et al [35] x x x Mohanty [22] x Ferdows et al [28] x x Young and Murray [25] Voss [11] x x x Wabalickis [30] x Weatherall [36] x x x Troxler and Blank [26] x x x Huang and Sakurai [31] x x x x Tayyari and Kroll [23] Primrose [33] x x Datta et al [15] x x x Demmel and Askin [24] x x x Mohanty [38] x x Mohanty [22] x x x x x Sambasivarao and…”

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“…Investment on various specific objects before the inception of production are treated as preproduction costs; for example, investment on land, building, equipment, software, infrastructure and other facilities prior to the commencement of actual production. Crookall [27] x x x x Ferdows et al [28] x x x x x x x Young and Murray [25] x x x x Park and Son [29] x x x Wabalickis [30] x x Fry and Smith [1] x x Troxler and Blank [26] x x x x Huang and Sakurai [31] x x x x x Tayyari and Kroll [23] Ghosh and Wabalickis [32] x x x x Primrose [33] x x Datta et al [15] x x x Demmel and Askin [24] x x x x x x x x x Afzulpurkar et al [6] x x Chang and Tsou [34] x x x Hin et al [35] x x x x Mohanty [22] x x x x x x x x x x x Sambasivarao and Deshmukh [18] x x x q Direct production costs. Cost-borne items involved directly in the production are generally given the highest importance by researchers.…”

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Selection and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

Sambasivarao

Deshmukh²

1995

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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The importance of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) has been increasing because of their competitive advantages. Adoption of AMT involves major investment, and large‐scale issues are involved in the selection and justification of these technologies. Researchers have identified a considerable number of issues and subattributes for implementing various projects. Reviews the literature and then classifies several of these implementation issues.

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Section: Economic Issuesmentioning

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Section: Economic Issuesmentioning

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Selection and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

Sambasivarao

Deshmukh²

1995

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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“…Case studies and surveys of companies gaining competitive advantage through factory automation include Huang and Sakurai (1990) and Somers and Gupta (1991). This section provides a checklist of the benefits of factory automation most often mentioned in the literature.…”

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The human factor in advanced manufacturing technology adoption

Patuwo

1998

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. IntroductionIntensifying global competition and rapid advancement of manufacturing technology are two realities in today's business environment. These have combined to shift the business strategic priorities toward quality, costeffectiveness and responsiveness to marketplace changes. Increasingly, manufacturers have recognized that timely positioning of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) and improvements in the management of human resources are the key elements in competing favorably in the world market.AMT, such as robotics, computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, flexible manufacturing system, group technology, etc. apply high-technology development in microelectronics and computer technology to enhance manufacturing capabilities. Among the frequently-cited benefits of AMT include reduced direct labor costs, reduced product development time, reduced inventory, more efficient layout and use of machinery, reduce floor space requirements, better quality, less waste, improved productivity, shorter manufacturing lead time and quicker response to market shifts. Qualitative analysis of success factors critical to AMT adoption and implementation has been dealt with extensively in the literature. Unfortunately, these are primarily anecdotal case studies. Empirical analysis showing any pattern of commonality is lacking.This paper tests our hypothesis that among the many critical success factors cited in the literature, those associated with the human factor alone can differentiate firms who are successful in adopting AMT from those that are not

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“…Many surveys dealing with the implementation of FFAS projects report that the integration between people working on the projects is as essential as integrating different activities of production (Huang and Sakurai 1990). System designers, manufacturing managers, and industrial, software, and production engineers are the typical personnel involved in designing and implementing the FFAS projects.…”

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A Petri net approach to investigating push and pull paradigms in flexible factory automated systems

Venkatesh¹,

Zhou²,

Kaighobadi³

et al. 1996

International Journal of Production Research

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This paper shows Petri nets (PNs) as a powerful tool to investigate the problem often encountered in manufacturing systems management, namely comparing the performance of a flexible factory automated system (FFAS) operating under push and pull paradigms. The difficulty in solving this type of problems is compounded by many parameters such as processing times at work cells, number of automated guided vehicles and their routeings, lot sizes, and setup times. The PN method to solve such a problem is illustrated by considering an FFAS. Its PN models are formulated and then analysed to compare the performance of FFAS with 'push' and 'pull' paradigms. The results show that for the particular FFAS and operational parameters, the 'push' paradigm outperforms the 'poll' one. I t is concluded that PNs are a suitable tool to conduct perrormance analysis before adopting the 'push' or 'pull' paradigm.

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Factor automation: the Japanese experience

Cited by 52 publications

References 2 publications

Selection and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

Selection and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

The human factor in advanced manufacturing technology adoption

A Petri net approach to investigating push and pull paradigms in flexible factory automated systems

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