Agility, adaptability and leanness: a comparison of concepts and a study of practice
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More and more Japanese companies are adopting agile manufacturing to realize cost adaptability, which is aimed at reducing fixed cost and lowering the break-even point instead of focusing on variable cost. This was gleaned from an investigation of the concepts of agility and adaptability through an analysis of survey data on strategy and performance among major Japanese companies. Findings also showed that an agility-related manufacturing strategy is gaining foothold in Japanese industry, but companies have yet to link the concept to concrete actions. This is borne out by the varied action programs related to agility and the absence of any significant difference in priority between these action programs and non-agility-related activities.
Publication Name: International Journal of Production Economics
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0925-5273
Year: 1999
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Production planning with multiple objectives in decentralized organizations
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A study developed a decision support technique to bolster production planning in decentralized organizations, which is an issue that is well known and for which a number of solutions have been proposed. The suggested methodology in this analysis factors in a number of significant features of the real world coordination required within decentralized organizations. It also enables all decision makers to participate in a cooperative decision process and to follow several objectives.
Publication Name: International Journal of Production Economics
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0925-5273
Year: 1998
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On a two-stage hierarchical production planning system for process industries
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An ideal production planning system for multi-item continuous demand in a petrochemical plant could solve the problem of what and how much to produce in a current planning period. In the face of a more competitive market, problems such as inefficient plant utilization and growing consumption of indirect resources can crop up, leaving the production planning system unable to cope. A two-stage automated hierarchical planning procedure is proposed to eliminate these problems.
Publication Name: International Journal of Production Economics
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0925-5273
Year: 1996
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