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Kerkhoff, Jonell, Eagar, Thomas W., Utterback, James |
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Production & Operations Management; Spring1998, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p67-85, 19p |
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The article discusses a systematic strategy for optimizing manufacturing operations. A manufacturing optimization strategy is developed and demonstrated, which combines an asset utilization model and a process optimization framework with multivariate statistical analysis in a systematic manner to focus and drive process improvement activities. Although this manufacturing strategy is broadly applicable, the approach is discussed with respect to a polymer sheet manufacturing operation. The asset utilization model demonstrates that efficient equipment utilization can be monitored quantitatively and improvement opportunities identified that the greatest benefit to the operation can be obtained. The process optimization framework, comprised of three parallel activities and a designed experiment, establishes the process-product relationship. The overall strategy of predictive model development provided from the parallel activities comprising the optimization framework is to synthesize a model based on existing data, both qualitative and quantitative. |
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