Semi-heterarchical production planning structures in the support of team-based manufacturing

Manufacturing enterprises are facing fierce competition within the modern global market, resulting in a requirement for continuous improvement of their production management practices. In this context, a number of manufacturing paradigms such as team-based manufacturing have been adopted to provide...

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Published in:International journal of production research 2004-09, Vol.42 (17), p.3369-3382
Main Author: Rahimifard, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Manufacturing
Production management
Production planning
Studies
Teams
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Summary:Manufacturing enterprises are facing fierce competition within the modern global market, resulting in a requirement for continuous improvement of their production management practices. In this context, a number of manufacturing paradigms such as team-based manufacturing have been adopted to provide the flexibility, agility and responsiveness required to cope with the volatility of production demands. The introduction of team-based working practices necessitates a clear definition and delegation of responsibilities to various teams and often requires significant changes in production planning and control procedures. The successful implementation of such a distributed production approach is then dependent on the way that the production teams manage their internal activities and cooperate with other teams to achieve overall manufacturing goals. A novel team-based distributed production planning and control approach based on a semi-heterarchical structure is presented that aims to support the autonomous and cooperative attributes of various production teams within manufacturing enterprises.
ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207540410001717128