Reconfiguration of assembly systems: From conveyor assembly line to serus

Liu, Chenguang; Li, Wenjuan; Lian, Jie; Yin, Yong

doi:10.1016/j.jmsy.2012.02.003

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“…(), and Liu et al. (, ) characterized seru production systems as human‐centered, in which multiskilled operators are indispensable to implement seru production.…”

Section: General Overview Of Seru Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The reconstructed equipment can be easily duplicated and modified at a low cost, so as to avoid equipment-sharing conflicts among multiple serus and reduce investment in equipment. Based on studies on labor issues in seru production, Sakikawa (2006), Kaku et al (2008), and Liu et al (2010Liu et al ( , 2012b characterized seru production systems as human-centered, in which multiskilled operators are indispensable to implement seru production.…”

Section: General Overview Of Seru Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An implementation framework for seru production

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Lian

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Int Trans Operational Res

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Seru production, which merges the flexibility of job shops, efficiency of mass production, and environment friendly characteristics of sustainable manufacturing, largely for electronics assembly, is the latest manufacturing mode developed in Japan. It is receiving attention from Japanese practitioners and researchers. However, some attempts to implement seru production are unsuccessful, especially outside Japan. This is because of lack of knowledge of the specific means to implement seru production. The purpose of this paper is to provide a general framework and some basic principles that should be followed while implementing seru production for practitioners from a practical perspective. This work is based on a systematic analysis of many implementation experiences of seru production in Japanese manufacturing factories as well as a broad investigation of the popular literature information. The proposed framework can serve as a concise guide to help implement seru production in the manufacturing industry. In addition, constructive information is provided for researchers who would like to know and study the advanced manufacturing mode of seru production but do not understand the Japanese language.

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“…(), and Liu et al. (, ) characterized seru production systems as human‐centered, in which multiskilled operators are indispensable to implement seru production.…”

Section: General Overview Of Seru Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: General Overview Of Seru Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An implementation framework for seru production

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Lian

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Int Trans Operational Res

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“…The shift to assembly line manufacturing is categorised as Industry 2.0. The implementation of conveyor-based assembly lines proved to be highly efficient, in both the time and the financial spheres, and is therefore considered to be a significant accomplishment in the manufacturing realm [7]. Electrical energy, in conjunction with mass labour production lines, played a significant role in the manufacturing industry.…”

Section: An Introduction To Industry 40mentioning

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Towards Industry 4.0: A Roadmap for the South African Heavy Industry Sector

Prinsloo

Vosloo

Mathews

2019

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The rapid growth and expansion of the Internet, as well as technical advances in the area of sensor technology, allow for the interconnection of physical objects for the purpose of achieving collective goals, which paves the way for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Industry 4.0 paradigm is a relatively new concept that still requires detailed investigation and discussion. Standards, technologies, and overall guidelines need to be presented; thus this review paper aims to address key questions to provide some clarity on navigating the tide of Industry 4.0. The key enabling technologies, and the extent to which these technologies can be applied in industry to achieve the fundamental goals of Industry 4.0, are presented and discussed. Current challenges that hinder

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“…In such an environment, the conveyor assembly line, which is suitable for mass production, has to be adjusted frequently, resulting in manufacturing companies not being able to take full advantage of its unique efficiency. At the same time, demand fluctuations often lead to over-or underproduction; hence, the fatal weakness of low flexibility is completely exposed [1]. To face such a turbulent markets environment, manufacturing factories started to look for new production organization forms with low costs and high flexibility.…”

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“…To face such a turbulent markets environment, manufacturing factories started to look for new production organization forms with low costs and high flexibility. In various organizational innovations, Sony made huge profits by successfully implementing the dismantling of its conveyor assembly line and converting to Seru Seisan [1]. At Sony Kohda, a total of 710,000 square meters of workshop space was reduced [2] and the throughput time was reduced by 53%.…”

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Analysis of the Effect of the Line‐Seru Conversion on the Waiting Time with Batch Arrival

Ren

Wang

2019

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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The conveyor assembly line has been widely used in manufacturing industries to produce standard products with low costs. However, due to lack of flexibility, this production method has not been conducive to multivariety and small-batch production. In this situation, seru production formed by converting conveyor assembly lines has been a successful innovation in the Japanese manufacturing industry. Most of the existing literature has studied the benefits of this line-seru conversion from the perspective of the enterprises themselves, but this paper studies the effect of the line-seru conversion on the waiting time from the perspective of the customer. First, the change in the average waiting queue length caused by the line-seru conversion is proposed as an evaluation index. Second, with the consideration of the practical situation of random batch arrivals, the average waiting queue length formulas for the conveyor assembly line and seru production are established based on the assumption that the arrival is a Poisson process. Then, under two scenarios, we investigate the relationship between the average waiting queue length changed by the line-seru conversion and other parameters and find that the conversion can reduce the average waiting queue length in multivariety and small-batch production. Finally, under other potential scenarios, the equations for determining the average waiting queue length resulting from a change to line-seru conversion are derived.

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Reconfiguration of assembly systems: From conveyor assembly line to serus

Cited by 50 publications

References 19 publications

An implementation framework for seru production

An implementation framework for seru production

Towards Industry 4.0: A Roadmap for the South African Heavy Industry Sector

Analysis of the Effect of the Line‐Seru Conversion on the Waiting Time with Batch Arrival

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