Developing Effective Strategies to Prioritize Set-up Reduction in a Multi-machine Production System: A Throughput Approach

Department

Management and Entrepreneurship

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1995

Abstract

Procedures to reduce set-up times at individual machines have been well documented; however, very little research has been conducted on developing an effective strategy to prioritize set-up reduction procedures in a multi-machine facility. Describes a new and innovative way – a throughput approach – to prioritize set-up reduction procedures in a multi-machine production system.

Journal Title

American Journal of Business

Journal ISSN

1935-5181

Volume

15

Issue

10

First Page

103

Last Page

111

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1108/01443579510098356

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