Lean principles for high-mix, low-volume firms

Any high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturer - such as a forge shop, machine shop, fabricator, foundry, mold-maker, print shop, injection molder, steel service center or maintenance, repair and overhaul facility - makes hundreds, maybe thousands, of different products with different manufacturing rou...

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Published inISE ; Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Vol. 54; no. 2; p. 26
Main Author Irani, Shahrukh A
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Norcross Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) 01.02.2022
Subjects
Factories
Finite capacity
Fixtures
Industrial plants
Injection molding
Machine shops
Maintenance management
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Principles
Product mixes
Production scheduling
Raw materials
Service centers
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ISSN2471-9579

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Summary:Any high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturer - such as a forge shop, machine shop, fabricator, foundry, mold-maker, print shop, injection molder, steel service center or maintenance, repair and overhaul facility - makes hundreds, maybe thousands, of different products with different manufacturing routings for different customers who set different due dates for the products they order. [...]the factory must be split into two mini-factories: [...]a production schedule can be issued daily to the factory floor that pushes orders into production subject to due dates and the finite capacity constraints of every resource (machines, labor, raw materials, tools, dies & fixtures, etc.).
ISSN:2471-9579