Operational impact of product variety in the process industry
| Autor: | Alexandria Lee Trattner, Lars Hvam, Zaza Nadja Lee Hansen |
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| Zdroj: | Technical University of Denmark Orbit Moseley, A L, Hvam, L & Herbert-Hansen, Z N L 2016, Operational impact of product variety in the process industry . in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization in Central Europe (MCP-CE 2016) . 7th international conference on mass customization and personalization in Central Europe, Novi Sad, Serbia, 21/09/2016 . |
| Popis: | The purpose of this research article is to examine the impact of product variety on production performance in the process industry. As the number of productvariants sold by a process company typically impacts the run length, production data from a mineral wool insulation manufacturer is analyzed to quantify the impact of longer runs on productivity . In testing the hypothesis that longer runs lead to higher productivity, the results show that the number of variants in itself is not a sufficient parameter to explain the variation in production performance; rather, the different types of product variants and their production sequence must also be considered. Based on the findings, a method for quantifying the production cost of product variety in the process industry is developed, add ing to the literature a rich case howcasing factors which influence production performance and the impactis measured with metrics. |
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