Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-104). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.

A study was undertaken in the Shipping Center of Rohm and Haas Chemical Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to determine what course of action should be taken to reduce overall costs in a labor oriented shipment preparation operation. This activity, which currently utilizes a complement of twenty-seven people, involves the preshipment labelling and stenciling of product and customer information to metal drums and pails plus various other preparation requirements. A work sampling was performed to determine manpower requirements by work category and this information was used to direct the methods improvements study into the most lucrative areas. By transferring the responsibility of label and stencil preparation from the Shipment Preparers, who work on the Shipping platforms, to Shipping Office personnel, and by changing stencil cutting and label storage methods, a net reduction of five people is projected.

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The implementation of concurrent engineering into many large companies has greatly improved their product development processes. These companies have seen significant gains in quality and customer satisfaction with reduced product costs, defects, and time-to-market (Lake, 1992). Many large companies have successfully employed this relatively new product development philosophy. However, smaller companies have not yet integrated this philosophy into their product development systems with the success that larger companies have seen. With small companies composing 98% of the manufacturing firms in this country (U.S. Census Bureau, 1995), there has been a recent push for the development of implementation methods for small companies. This paper presents a five step approach that small manufacturing companies can use to implement a concurrent engineering based product development process. Our definition of a small manufacturing company is an organization with 50 or fewer employees and net annual sales of 10 million dollars or less. The first step provides a general outline for companies to use in documenting their current product development process. The second step involves comparing the company's current product development process to a concurrent engineering based product development process model that is general enough for nearly all manufacturing firms. This step also includes the use of the theory of constraints and a so-called revised theory of constraints method to further refine the process understanding and description. Third, a new methodology for designing and applying process measurements is used to provide insight into the relationships that exists between the internal and external resources, requirements and deliverables of the product development process. It is during this step that the Process Measurement Matrix (PMM) is developed. Fourth, the PMM is used in conjunction with the analytical hierarchy process or a simple ranking technique to develop relative priorities. Finally, the appropriate measurements are constructed for each subprocess in the product development process. / Graduation date: 2001

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Information Systems, Faculty of Science, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thèse (M.Ges.Org.) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1995. / Bibliogr.: f. 151-153. Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

As the desire for factory automation increases, so has the need to integrate machinery within the factory. More specifically, this integration is gaining importance in the area of manufacturing work cells. Many ideas exist about what functions a cell controller should perform and how it should interact with its environment. The functions utilized by the cell controller many vary depending on the type of machinery but similar tasks are usually performed. The complexity of the cell controller increases due to the differences in functional capability caused by machine intelligence or vendors specifications. The objective of this research was to create a framework which can be followed when developing low level machine specific cell control communications. The framework would assist the user in defining and structuring the information and functions associated with a particular device and operating environment. This framework will act as a guide in the creation of generic cell control communication functions. The purpose of the framework is to act as a guide in the development of low level base routines which interface to various classes of factory devices. It is impossible to create a completely generic base which will interact with every device. However, it is possible to develop this base following a structured format which facilitates generic work cell control. / Master of Science

Thesis. 1978. Ph.D. cn--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. / Vita. / Bibliography: p. 208-212. / Ph.D.cn