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Title: | Managing and reducing total cycle time: models and analysis |
Authors: | Miltenburg, John Sparling, David McMaster University, Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, Innovation Research Centre |
Keywords: | Cycle time management;Cycle time reduction;Improving manufacturing |
Publication Date: | Aug-1993 |
Series/Report no.: | Working paper (Michael G. DeGroote School of Business. Innovation Research Centre) no. 27 |
Abstract: | <p>Cycle time management and reduction, CTM, is the manufacturing philosophy that follows TQM and JIT. CTM seeks to reduce the total time required to perform all the activities that occur during order processing, design, supply management, production and distribution of a product or service. Three models are developed for supporting CTM -- a simple stochastic model, a Markov chain model and a queueing model. The models must be fitted to the manufacturing environment in which they will be used. Three manufacturing environments -- make to order, assemble to order and make to stock -- are described. When a CTM model is applied to a manufacturing environment it identifies the activities that represent the largest components of cycle time. Those activities are then targeted for cycle time reduction.</p> |
Description: | <p>40 leaves (some unnumbered) : ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40). ; "August, 1993".</p> <p>This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada under Grant No. A5474.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/5426 |
Identifier: | mint/70 1069 4943654 |
Appears in Collections: | MINT (Management of Innovation and New Technology) Research Centre Working Paper Series |
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