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Monica Bellgran - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Characteristics affecting management of Design information in the Production System Design process
International Journal of Production Research, 2013Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica BellgranAbstract:Although it has been argued that the Design of Production Systems is crucial, there is a general lack of empirical studies analysing and identifying resources and capabilities required for an effic ...
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APMS (1) - Critical factors for successful user-supplier integration in the Production System Design process
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2013Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica BellgranAbstract:Integration of equipment suppliers in the Design of the Production System has often been associated with major benefits. However, from a managerial perspective, integration between the user and the suppliers of the Production equipment is still challenging. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to explore how manufacturing companies can facilitate and manage equipment supplier integration when Designing the Production System. Based on an real time case study in the automotive industry 10 critical factors for successful supplier/user integration are identified, which can be classified into three categories: human factors, project management factors and Design factors.
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Critical Factors for Successful User-Supplier Integration in the Production System Design Process
2012Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica BellgranAbstract:Integration of equipment suppliers in the Design of the Production System has often been associated with major benefits. However, from a managerial perspective, integration between the user and the suppliers of the Production equipment is still challenging. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to explore how manufacturing companies can facilitate and manage equipment supplier integration when Designing the Production System. Based on an real time case study in the automotive industry 10 critical factors for successful supplier/user integration are identified, which can be classified into three categories: human factors, project management factors and Design factors.
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The critical role of Design information for improved equipment supplier integration during Production System Design
2011Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica BellgranAbstract:The acquisition of Production equipment is one step of the Production System Design process. When Design and building of Production equipment is handed over to an equipment supplier, higher require ...
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Information management for Production System Design with a new portfolio approach
2011Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica Bellgran, Jannis AngelisAbstract:An effective management of information is vital for successful development of new products. However, knowledge is lacking about the management of information during Production System Design and its ...
Jessica Bruch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Challenges of Discrete Event Simulation in the Early Stages of Production System Design
International Journal of Industrial Engineering-theory Applications and Practice, 2019Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcía, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonAbstract:This study analyzes the challenges of applying discrete event simulation in the early stages of Production System Design. Highlighting the implications of new Production processes and technologies ...
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Revisiting Challenges in Using Discrete Event Simulation in Early Stages of Production System Design
2018Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcía, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonAbstract:This paper presents challenges of using discrete event simulation when supporting decision in early stages of Production System Design, when significant changes are introduced. It was based on three real-time case studies performed at one manufacturing company during 2014–2016. Challenges in the cases were mapped to previous literature, pointing out discrepancies and highlighting three additional challenges, specifically related to issues in the early stages of the Production System Design process. The significant change introduced to the assembly System, and the early phases of evaluation put significant challenges to the use of discrete event simulation and the study points out further efforts needed to support manufacturing companies under change, with an established industrial structure and legacy Systems to consider.
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APMS (1) - Revisiting Challenges in Using Discrete Event Simulation in Early Stages of Production System Design
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2018Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcía, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonAbstract:This paper presents challenges of using discrete event simulation when supporting decision in early stages of Production System Design, when significant changes are introduced. It was based on three real-time case studies performed at one manufacturing company during 2014–2016. Challenges in the cases were mapped to previous literature, pointing out discrepancies and highlighting three additional challenges, specifically related to issues in the early stages of the Production System Design process. The significant change introduced to the assembly System, and the early phases of evaluation put significant challenges to the use of discrete event simulation and the study points out further efforts needed to support manufacturing companies under change, with an established industrial structure and legacy Systems to consider.
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Towards a Reduction of Uncertainty in Production System Design Decisions
2016Co-Authors: Erik Flores Garcia, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonAbstract:A tenet of Production System Design is to increase a manufacturing companys competitiveness by introducing novel processes, technologies, and products. However, uncertainties exist regarding the a ...
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Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation in the Production System Design process of assembly Systems
2015Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcía, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats Jackson, Jessica BruchAbstract:Effective Production Systems are necessary for companies to achieve competitiveness in manufacturing, and the Production System Design process is fundamental to meet this goal. Discrete event simulation is a tool that can support the Production System Design process. However, few empirical studies have shown the use of this tool prior to the verification of an already chosen alternative, or an implemented Production System solution. There is a need to explore how discrete event simulation can be used in the Production System Design process. A case study at a global manufacturing company, that used this tool in the Design of its assembly System, is presented. The results of this study show where and for what purpose were the DES models used for in the Production System Design process. This study concludes that DES can support this activity and suggestions for future research are made.
Kristina Säfsten - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Reconfigurable Production System Design – theoretical and practical challenges
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2013Co-Authors: Carin Rösiö, Kristina SäfstenAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore theoretical and practical challenges to achieve reconfigurable Production System Designs. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material of this paper includes a multiple-case study with an embedded Design (Yin) including four cases, where each case represents a Production System Design project. The consideration of reconfigurability and its characteristics in the Production System Design projects was studied. To enhance validity, two real-time studies were combined with two retrospective studies (Leonard-Barton). Findings – For more than a decade foresight reports have pointed out the need for responsiveness to change through reconfigurability in Production System Design. In order to achieve reconfigurable Production Systems, three challenges were identified: to use a structured Design methodology, to gain knowledge in reconfigurability and its characteristics, and to include the reconfigurability knowledge in a structured Design methodology. Still ...
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reconfigurable Production System Design theoretical and practical challenges
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2013Co-Authors: Carin Rösiö, Kristina SäfstenAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore theoretical and practical challenges to achieve reconfigurable Production System Designs. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material of this paper includes a multiple-case study with an embedded Design (Yin) including four cases, where each case represents a Production System Design project. The consideration of reconfigurability and its characteristics in the Production System Design projects was studied. To enhance validity, two real-time studies were combined with two retrospective studies (Leonard-Barton). Findings – For more than a decade foresight reports have pointed out the need for responsiveness to change through reconfigurability in Production System Design. In order to achieve reconfigurable Production Systems, three challenges were identified: to use a structured Design methodology, to gain knowledge in reconfigurability and its characteristics, and to include the reconfigurability knowledge in a structured Design methodology. Still ...
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Production System Design and Evaluation for Increased System Robustness
2004Co-Authors: Monica Bellgran, Kristina SäfstenAbstract:Effective and robust Production Systems are required in the competitive environment of today’s manufacturing companies. Creating System robustness should be made during the Design phase and not during operation when most System parameters already are set. Each Production System is the result of a unique and context dependent development process, and its comprising Design and evaluation activities are most vital for System performance. The full-text paper is based upon results from more than ten years of theoretical and empirical research studies in the field of Production System Design and evaluation and lately also in the 1 Monica Bellgran's main research area concerns Production System Design. 2 Kristina Safsten’s main research area concerns Production System evaluation. field of robust Production Systems concerning e.g. manufacturing efficiency and disturbance handling. Industrial examples of how Production Systems are Designed and evaluated will be shown, and its consequences discussed in terms of System robustness and performance in a life-cycle perspective. Issues of importance are e.g. the use of Systematic procedures and methods and decisions concerning personal competence and learning strategies.
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Production System Design and evaluation for increased System robustness second world conference on Production and operations management pom and 15th annual pom conference in cancun mexico april 30 may 3 2004
2004Co-Authors: Monica Bellgran, Kristina SäfstenAbstract:Production System Design and Evaluation for Increased System Robustness : Second World Conference on Production and Operations Management, POM and 15th Annual POM Conference in Cancun, Mexico, April 30 - May 3, 2004
Carin Rösiö - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Focusing Early Phases in Production System Design
2014Co-Authors: Carin Rösiö, Jessica BruchAbstract:It is a well-known fact that it is in the early phases of Production System Design where the most important decisions are made. If the Production System is not Designed in a proper way, this will eventually end up with disturbances and problems during serial Production and it is in the early phases the potential to influence is greatest. The purpose with this paper is therefore to describe how to work and what activities to focus on in early phases of Production System Design by proposing a structured Production System Design model focusing on the early phases which can be applied by practitioners and academics. Six Production System Design projects were studied in three real-time case studies and three retrospective case studies. Combined with literature studies a Production System Design model is developed describing the initial phases of initiation, project definition and concept including activities and decision points.
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APMS (3) - Focusing Early Phases in Production System Design
Progress in Pattern Recognition Image Analysis Computer Vision and Applications, 2014Co-Authors: Carin Rösiö, Jessica BruchAbstract:It is a well-known fact that it is in the early phases of Production System Design where the most important decisions are made. If the Production System is not Designed in a proper way, this will eventually end up with disturbances and problems during serial Production and it is in the early phases the potential to influence is greatest. The purpose with this paper is therefore to describe how to work and what activities to focus on in early phases of Production System Design by proposing a structured Production System Design model focusing on the early phases which can be applied by practitioners and academics. Six Production System Design projects were studied in three real-time case studies and three retrospective case studies. Combined with literature studies a Production System Design model is developed describing the initial phases of initiation, project definition and concept including activities and decision points.
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Reconfigurable Production System Design – theoretical and practical challenges
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2013Co-Authors: Carin Rösiö, Kristina SäfstenAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore theoretical and practical challenges to achieve reconfigurable Production System Designs. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material of this paper includes a multiple-case study with an embedded Design (Yin) including four cases, where each case represents a Production System Design project. The consideration of reconfigurability and its characteristics in the Production System Design projects was studied. To enhance validity, two real-time studies were combined with two retrospective studies (Leonard-Barton). Findings – For more than a decade foresight reports have pointed out the need for responsiveness to change through reconfigurability in Production System Design. In order to achieve reconfigurable Production Systems, three challenges were identified: to use a structured Design methodology, to gain knowledge in reconfigurability and its characteristics, and to include the reconfigurability knowledge in a structured Design methodology. Still ...
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reconfigurable Production System Design theoretical and practical challenges
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2013Co-Authors: Carin Rösiö, Kristina SäfstenAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore theoretical and practical challenges to achieve reconfigurable Production System Designs. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material of this paper includes a multiple-case study with an embedded Design (Yin) including four cases, where each case represents a Production System Design project. The consideration of reconfigurability and its characteristics in the Production System Design projects was studied. To enhance validity, two real-time studies were combined with two retrospective studies (Leonard-Barton). Findings – For more than a decade foresight reports have pointed out the need for responsiveness to change through reconfigurability in Production System Design. In order to achieve reconfigurable Production Systems, three challenges were identified: to use a structured Design methodology, to gain knowledge in reconfigurability and its characteristics, and to include the reconfigurability knowledge in a structured Design methodology. Still ...
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Considering Reconfigurability Characteristics in Production System Design
Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability, 2011Co-Authors: Carin RösiöAbstract:Production Systems must be easy to change in different configurations in order to meet the demands of e.g. changing product volumes and product types. In order to meet the demands efficient support ...
Erik Flores-garcía - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Challenges of Discrete Event Simulation in the Early Stages of Production System Design
International Journal of Industrial Engineering-theory Applications and Practice, 2019Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcía, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonAbstract:This study analyzes the challenges of applying discrete event simulation in the early stages of Production System Design. Highlighting the implications of new Production processes and technologies ...
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Revisiting Challenges in Using Discrete Event Simulation in Early Stages of Production System Design
2018Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcía, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonAbstract:This paper presents challenges of using discrete event simulation when supporting decision in early stages of Production System Design, when significant changes are introduced. It was based on three real-time case studies performed at one manufacturing company during 2014–2016. Challenges in the cases were mapped to previous literature, pointing out discrepancies and highlighting three additional challenges, specifically related to issues in the early stages of the Production System Design process. The significant change introduced to the assembly System, and the early phases of evaluation put significant challenges to the use of discrete event simulation and the study points out further efforts needed to support manufacturing companies under change, with an established industrial structure and legacy Systems to consider.
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APMS (1) - Revisiting Challenges in Using Discrete Event Simulation in Early Stages of Production System Design
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2018Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcía, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonAbstract:This paper presents challenges of using discrete event simulation when supporting decision in early stages of Production System Design, when significant changes are introduced. It was based on three real-time case studies performed at one manufacturing company during 2014–2016. Challenges in the cases were mapped to previous literature, pointing out discrepancies and highlighting three additional challenges, specifically related to issues in the early stages of the Production System Design process. The significant change introduced to the assembly System, and the early phases of evaluation put significant challenges to the use of discrete event simulation and the study points out further efforts needed to support manufacturing companies under change, with an established industrial structure and legacy Systems to consider.
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Decision Making in Production System Design – Approaches and Challenges
International Journal of Production Research, 2017Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcíaAbstract:Manufacturing companies are increasingly required to deal with and introduce significant changes in their Production Systems to gain a competitive advantage. The Production System Design process is widely considered a means of introducing such changes, and decisions made during Design are viewed as critical to its characterization and performance. However, this presents a problem because committing to decisions that involve significant changes implies not only dealing with requirements, products, challenges, or expectations that are different from what currently exists, but also addressing uncertainties regarding both the information necessary for committing to a Production System Design decision and the actual benefits that can be achieved as a result of these changes. One way to support the Production System Design decisions in this context is through the use of Discrete Event Simulation (DES). However, understanding of DES use when supporting Production System Design decisions in this domain remains limited. Therefore, the objective of this thesis is to explore the use of DES in support of Production System Design decisions when significant changes are introduced. Data are collected through a multiple case study method and DES from three real-time Production System Design projects at one manufacturing company. All Production System Design projects studied involved the introduction of significant Production System changes for which limited experience existed. The cases and results are presented in three appended publications.The findings establish the purpose of DES use when supporting Production System Design decisions in this context. To this end three groups of DES model objectives are identified: communicating decisions and visualizing results, evaluating a Production System Design concept focused on operational performance, and experimenting with what-if scenarios while predicting Production System outputs. The points of DES use when supporting Production System Design decisions are specified in relation to current theoretical understanding of a Production System Design process. Then, challenges and contributions of DES use supporting Production System Design decisions are identified.A framework is presented to facilitate the use of DES supporting Production System Design decisions when significant changes are introduced. The framework is based on the identification of high-level strategic objectives and relates these to Production System Design decisions. It defines DES use in support of these decisions and establishes milestones for DES use during Production System Design. Based on an analysis of the challenges and contributions of DES use, the framework helps formulate the purpose of DES use to achieve Production System Design decision support.
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Supporting Production System Design Decisions through Discrete Event Simulation
2017Co-Authors: Erik Flores-garcíaAbstract:Manufacturing companies are increasingly required to deal with and introduce significant changes in their Production Systems to gain a competitive advantage. The Production System Design process is ...
