Selecting and Improving Manufacturing Systems

T. Gutowski, Nov 4, 2019

Agenda for Today

• Progress Reports

• Review of Systems Lectures to this point

• TPS issues

• Systems Tools; Little’s Law, M/M/1, Buzacott

• TPS Cell design

Progress Reports: Wed. Nov 6

5 Teams 1: 05 − 2: 25 =80

5= 𝟏𝟔𝒎𝒊𝒏. 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉

1. Introduce Team

2. Work organization – who does what?

3. Central meeting time?

4. “Gantt Chart” – tasks to complete, timing

5. Evidence of progress – bring in something you have made

6. Issues – anything you might want to share

Robert H. Hayes andSteven C. Wheelwright1988

Early paper on mappingProduction SystemsProduct CharacteristicsFrom HBS

John Miltenburg1995ManufacturingStrategy

Ken Mackay, University of Waterloo, Oct 2019

7

Machining Systems Classification

Ref J T. BlackCh 2

How have these changed?

•Quality

•Cost

•Rate

•Flexibility

M/M/1 Queue withExponentially distributed Arrival times 60secAnd Service times 54 sec.

L = 𝜆

𝜇−𝜆= 9

From Jose Pacheco’s LectureSource:The Toyota Way