Industrial Engineering articles from March 1991

Industrial Engineering archives from March 1991

A paradigm shift in product development management. (putting greater emphasis on product definition)
March 1, 1991... While many competitive business leaders have enthusiastically embraced the motto of quality revolution, "Do it right the first time," most have failed to reap the full extent of the promised rewards. The reason lies in the irony that while...

Designing and analyzing simulation experiments.
March 1, 1991... In many simulation studies a great deal of time and money is spent on model development and "proprogramming, "but little effort is made to design appropriate simulation runs or to analyze correctly the resulting output data. Since random...

Cincinnati Milacron benchmarks flexible manufacturing systems via computer modeling.
March 1, 1991... Initiative is literally a founding philosophy at Cincinnati Milacron. Back in 1884, when the firm's founder couldn't find the type of milling machine he needed, he designed and built his own. And as more and more of his customers kept asking...

Simulation eliminates need for an $80,000 machine and conveyor investment. (case study at Draw-Tite Inc.)
March 1, 1991... Draw-tite, Inc., Canton, Michigan, is the world's leading manufacturer of trailer hitches. Traditionally, the company has produced side brackets for their hitches in batches of 200 to 800 with all bending and punching operations for each batch...

Teledyne applies simulation to the design and justification of a new facility.
March 1, 1991... Problem: The assignment is to design a process to be included in a startup facility. It is believed a fully automated, inline, computer integrated system is the way to go. What tool can be used to predict the operating results of such a system,...

Beyond MRP II: the enterprise solution. (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... Reduced lead time. . .faster responses to constantly changing customer demands. . . flexibility to quickly adapt to dynamic market conditions...instantaneous, accurate communication with customers and suppliers. . .these competitive advantages...

MRP II: in the midst of a continuing evolution. (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... MRP II, or manufacturing resources planning, is an evolutionary concept that grew out of material requirements planning - the original MRP into a system that embraces a broad range of functions within a manufacturing enterprise. This article...

How to plan and organize an MRP II project. (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II; includes related article on a report on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... Installing MRP II represents one of the highest cost/potential payback of any project undertaken in an organization. A successful manufacturing control system is the result of careful planning and organizing by the people responsible for...

MRP II implementations reap strategic and tactical benefits. (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... MRP II, like the competitive landscape American manufacturers must contend with, is characterized more by change than constancy. Yet, there is a tendency to view them both statically as monolithic and unalterable. In fact, they are neither....

Ten commandments of MRP. (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... A few thousand years ago God gave the Ten Commandments to us through Moses. More recently, George Plossl gave manufacturing industry the Ten Commandments of Production Control. Here are my Ten Commandments of MRP. Truths are timeless, and...

Ketema A&E Division streamlines operations and improves profitability. (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... Today, manufacturers in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry are chartered to develop new and more sophisticated military technologies . . . of high quality, on time, and on budget. Typically, they are also faced with the challenge of...

MRP II provides the answer to handling pressures of growth. (installing an MRP II system at UK pump-maker HMD) (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... is one of the leading suppliers of high performance seal-less pumps. Increasing demand for its technology has fueled the company's growth by over 125 percent in the past five years. The pressure of this growth coupled with a greatly increased...

Making the MRP II decision is tough... but worth the effort. (installing an MRP II system at Milbar Corp.) (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... There's a right way and a wrong way to do everything. In fact, there are usually many wrong ways to do something, and only one (or very few) right ways. installing a manufacturingresource-planning (MRP II) system is no exception. Too many...

Xyplex's continued growth depended upon implementing new MRP II system. (manufacturing resource planning)(integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems)(special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... In 1989, Xyplex set out to solve what was becoming an increasingly complex problem-information management. Located in Boxborough, MA, Xyplex designs and manufactures a family of multiple protocol communication servers. With sales...

Forms manufacturer applies MRP II, solves logjam. (Standard Register) (manufacturing resource planning; integrated approach comprising MRP, computer-integrated manufacturing and executive information systems; special section on MRP II) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... Less than one year after it started using a GrowthPowers, Carroll Touch Inc. has 25 percent of its material at point-of-use. By the end of 1991, the Texas based manufacturer of infrared tough screens for computer monitors expects 100 percent of...

A program to analyze prototype steady-state queues. (Computer Applications) (tutorial)
March 1, 1991... The most widely used queueing models are based upon variations of the general birth-death process. The postulates for that process imply that arrivals or births occur at rate Xn, which may be a function of the instantaneous state of the system...