Towards Profitable Persistent Manufacturing. Human Factors in Overcoming Disturbances in Production Systems

Looking for increased availability of production systems we have studied further possibilities for improvement, such as methods for disturbance analysis, robust manufacturing system design and organisational form of the enterprise for competence, motivation, flexibility and staff stability. Through...

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Published in:International journal of advanced manufacturing technology 1999-01, Vol.15 (10), p.749-756
Main Authors: Mikler, Jerzy, Hådeby, Håkan, Kjellberg, Ann, Sohlenius, Gunnar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Human factors
Manufacturing
Systems design
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Summary:Looking for increased availability of production systems we have studied further possibilities for improvement, such as methods for disturbance analysis, robust manufacturing system design and organisational form of the enterprise for competence, motivation, flexibility and staff stability. Through field studies and practical examples we show that use of job specialisation, and better information availability, e.g. via operator terminals on the shop floor, considerably improve the total performance of manufacturing systems, and reduce equipment
ISSN:0268-3768
1433-3015
DOI:10.1007/s001700050128