Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 1995. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. / Victoria Chen, Committee Co-Chair ; Kwok Tsui, Committee Chair ; Janet Allen, Committee Member ; David Goldsman, Committee Member ; Roshan Vengazhiyil, Committee Member. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis is focused on identification and evaluation of errors during pneumatic valve assembly. Theoretical part describes tools used: quality gate, flow chart, Pareto diagram and FMEA analysis. Within practical part the current assembly process is analyzed with current errors and besides evaluation, the improvement priorities and ways to accomplish these improvements in an actual company are defined. If the company chooses to take the opportunity to implement these improvements, thesis also monitors the results and reaction to the change of the analyzed process to a certain point.

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The organisation of maintenance, in the Aseptic Liquid Food (ALF) industry, represents an important management task that enables a company to pursue higher manufacturing effectiveness and improved market share. This research is concerned with the process to design and implement maintenance tasks. These two complementary processes (design and implementation) have been thought and designed to answer the particular needs of food industry regarding product safety and equipment reliability. Numerous maintenance engineering researchers have focused on maintenance engineering and reliability techniques highlighting the contribution of maintenance in achieving world class manufacturing and competitive advantage. Their outcome emphasizes that maintenance is not a “necessary evil” because of costs associated, but it can be considered an “investment” that produces an added value which generates a real company profit. The existing maintenance engineering techniques pursue equipment reliability at minimum cost; but in food industry, food safety represents the most critical issue to address and solve. The research methodology chosen is based on case studies coming from ALF industries. These show that low maintenance effectiveness could have dramatic effects on final consumers and on the company’s image and underline the need of a maintenance design and implementation process that takes into consideration all critical factors relevant to liquid food industry. The analysis of measurable indicators available, represents a tool necessary to show the status of critical performance indicators and reveals the urgency of a research necessary to address and solve the maintenance problems in food industry. The literature review underlines the increasing regulations in place in food industry and that no literature is available to define a maintenance design and implementation process for ALF and in general for food industry. The literature review enabled also the gap existing between theory and real maintenance status, in the ALF, to be identified and the aim of the research was to explore this gap. The analysis of case studies and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) available highlights the problem and the literature review provides the knowledge necessary to identify the process to design and implement maintenance procedures for ALF industry. The research findings provide a useful guide to identify the process to design maintenance tasks able to put under control food safety and equipment reliability issues. Company’s restraining forces and cultural inertia, that work against new maintenance procedures, have been analysed and a maintenance implementation process have been designed to avoid losing the benefits produced by the design phase. The analysis of condition monitoring systems shows devices and techniques useful to improve product safety, equipment reliability, and then maintenance effectiveness. This research aimed to fill the gap in the existing literature showing the solution to manage both food safety and production effectiveness issues in food industry. It identifies a maintenance design process able to capture all conceivable critical factors in food industry and to provide the solution to design reliable task lists. Furthermore, the maintenance implementation process shows the way to maximize the maintenance design outcome through the empowerment of equipment operators and close cooperation with maintenance and quality specialists. The new maintenance design and implementation process represents the answer to the research problem and a reliable solution that allows the food industry to improve food safety and production effectiveness.

As organizações evoluíram desde o artesanato até as grandes corporações atuais, passando pela Revolução Industrial e Segunda Guerra Mundial. Essa evolução trouxe alterações expressivas na forma de administração, especialmente pelo surgimento do computador e pela globalização. As empresas tornaram-se obrigadas a captar as crescentes mudanças no ambiente e a substituir o empirismo e improvisação por uma administração baseada na tomada de decisão a partir da análise de dados, que foi facilitada pelo desenvolvimento de sistemas de informação. Na atividade agrícola, a utilização de sistemas de informação e adoção da gestão por processos, os quais permitem a gerência obtenção de melhores resultados no negócio ainda são incipientes. Assim, o objetivo do trabalho é a adaptação de um modelo voltado ao mapeamento de processos que permita a definição de indicadores para a avaliação de desempenho dos principais processos operacionais da produção citrícola. O sistema de produção foi mapeado a partir do modelo IDEF0 (Integrated Definition for Function Modelling), sendo dividido em quatro macroprocessos principais denominados A1 Plantio; A2 Tratos culturais I - estabelecimento das mudas; A3 Tratos culturais II - manutenção do pomar; A4 Colheita. As principais fases operacionais referentes a cada um dos macroprocessos foram definidas com base em um sistema de produção de uma empresa agrícola. Identificou-se 13 principais fases, que resultaram num total de 60 atividades e 248 indicadores operacionais, sendo que 28 indicadores foram classificados como relacionados ao sucesso das fases. Para os indicadores de produtividade, foi possível definir três classes: custo, tempo e quantidade, sendo \"tempo de manutenção das máquinas\", \"tempo de mão-de-obra utilizada\", e \"tempo de máquinas utilizado nas atividades\", os indicadores propostos de maior frequência para a avaliação do desempenho relacionado à utilização dos recursos. Os indicadores de qualidade relacionados ao sucesso com maior frequência nas fases foram os referentes à qualidade química do solo (ou substrato): saturação por bases, teores de macro e micronutrientes. A validação dos indicadores obtidos neste trabalho em uma empresa ou propriedade citrícola permitirá maior alcance para a utilização do modelo. Também a realização de novos trabalhos sobre indicadores de desempenho para a agricultura, como a análise do relacionamento causa-efeito entre estes, permitirá a definição de itens prioritários para a gestão do sistema produtivo. / Organizations evolved from handicraft to the current large corporations, passing through the Industrial Revolution and World War II. This evolution has brought expressive changes in the management style, especially due to informatics and globalization. Companies were forced to adapt to the increasing changes in the business environment, as well as to replace the empiricism and improvisations by the management based on decision-making from data analysis, which was eased by the development of information systems. In agriculture, the use of information systems and the adoption of processes management, which provide better results, are still incipient. Therefore, this study aimed to adapt a model dedicated to process mapping, allowing indicators definition for the performance analysis of the main operational processes of the citrus production. The production system was mapped using the IDEF model, divided into four main macroprocesses named A1 Planting; A2 Cultural treatments I - seedling establishment; A3 Cultural treatments II - orchard maintenance; A4 Harvesting. The main operational stages of each macroprocess were defined based on the production system of an agricultural company. Thirteen main stages were identified, resulting in a total of 60 activities and 248 operational indicators, out of which 28 of them were linked to the success of the stages. Among the productivity indicators, it was possible to set those which belong to cost, time and quantity classes, being \"work time\", \"machinery time\" and \"maintenance time\", the more frequently proposed indicators for the performance evaluation related to resource use. The most frequently proposed quality indicators regarding the success of the stages were those related to the soil (or substratum) chemical quality: base saturation, macro and micronutrients levels. The validation of these indicators in a citrus company would expand the model application. The validation of these indicators in a citrus company will allow larger range for the model application. Also new studies about agricultural performance indicators, as the cause-effect analysis of them, will allow priority items to be defined to the production system management.

As organizações evoluíram desde o artesanato até as grandes corporações atuais, passando pela Revolução Industrial e Segunda Guerra Mundial. Essa evolução trouxe alterações expressivas na forma de administração, especialmente pelo surgimento do computador e pela globalização. As empresas tornaram-se obrigadas a captar as crescentes mudanças no ambiente e a substituir o empirismo e improvisação por uma administração baseada na tomada de decisão a partir da análise de dados, que foi facilitada pelo desenvolvimento de sistemas de informação. Na atividade agrícola, a utilização de sistemas de informação e adoção da gestão por processos, os quais permitem a gerência obtenção de melhores resultados no negócio ainda são incipientes. Assim, o objetivo do trabalho é a adaptação de um modelo voltado ao mapeamento de processos que permita a definição de indicadores para a avaliação de desempenho dos principais processos operacionais da produção citrícola. O sistema de produção foi mapeado a partir do modelo IDEF0 (Integrated Definition for Function Modelling), sendo dividido em quatro macroprocessos principais denominados A1 Plantio; A2 Tratos culturais I - estabelecimento das mudas; A3 Tratos culturais II - manutenção do pomar; A4 Colheita. As principais fases operacionais referentes a cada um dos macroprocessos foram definidas com base em um sistema de produção de uma empresa agrícola. Identificou-se 13 principais fases, que resultaram num total de 60 atividades e 248 indicadores operacionais, sendo que 28 indicadores foram classificados como relacionados ao sucesso das fases. Para os indicadores de produtividade, foi possível definir três classes: custo, tempo e quantidade, sendo \"tempo de manutenção das máquinas\", \"tempo de mão-de-obra utilizada\", e \"tempo de máquinas utilizado nas atividades\", os indicadores propostos de maior frequência para a avaliação do desempenho relacionado à utilização dos recursos. Os indicadores de qualidade relacionados ao sucesso com maior frequência nas fases foram os referentes à qualidade química do solo (ou substrato): saturação por bases, teores de macro e micronutrientes. A validação dos indicadores obtidos neste trabalho em uma empresa ou propriedade citrícola permitirá maior alcance para a utilização do modelo. Também a realização de novos trabalhos sobre indicadores de desempenho para a agricultura, como a análise do relacionamento causa-efeito entre estes, permitirá a definição de itens prioritários para a gestão do sistema produtivo. / Organizations evolved from handicraft to the current large corporations, passing through the Industrial Revolution and World War II. This evolution has brought expressive changes in the management style, especially due to informatics and globalization. Companies were forced to adapt to the increasing changes in the business environment, as well as to replace the empiricism and improvisations by the management based on decision-making from data analysis, which was eased by the development of information systems. In agriculture, the use of information systems and the adoption of processes management, which provide better results, are still incipient. Therefore, this study aimed to adapt a model dedicated to process mapping, allowing indicators definition for the performance analysis of the main operational processes of the citrus production. The production system was mapped using the IDEF model, divided into four main macroprocesses named A1 Planting; A2 Cultural treatments I - seedling establishment; A3 Cultural treatments II - orchard maintenance; A4 Harvesting. The main operational stages of each macroprocess were defined based on the production system of an agricultural company. Thirteen main stages were identified, resulting in a total of 60 activities and 248 operational indicators, out of which 28 of them were linked to the success of the stages. Among the productivity indicators, it was possible to set those which belong to cost, time and quantity classes, being \"work time\", \"machinery time\" and \"maintenance time\", the more frequently proposed indicators for the performance evaluation related to resource use. The most frequently proposed quality indicators regarding the success of the stages were those related to the soil (or substratum) chemical quality: base saturation, macro and micronutrients levels. The validation of these indicators in a citrus company would expand the model application. The validation of these indicators in a citrus company will allow larger range for the model application. Also new studies about agricultural performance indicators, as the cause-effect analysis of them, will allow priority items to be defined to the production system management.

Main goal of thesis is process analysis of nonconforming products and implementation of the corrective actions which will improve current status. Theoretical part presents history of quality, modern methods in quality, process of nonconforming products, preventive methods used in car industry and also the costs of quality. Practical part presents process analysis of nonconforming products in concrete company and main focus is implementation of the corrective actions. Main point regarding the improvement is upgrading detection system. Upgrade was made on concrete product, which represented huge quality extracosts.

Orientador: Ademir Jose Petenate / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T21:18:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Isaac_MassimoJorge_M.pdf: 398681 bytes, checksum: e045c1be6f79b4340534fe3642f04a5e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo demonstrar a aplicação de um processo de melhoria em uma empresa de adesivos, através da diversificação mercadológica e com indicadores de desempenho e mensuração dos objetivos almejados, pelo método do Balanced Scorecard. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que a organização evoluiu do estágio de eminente inviabilidade econômica para um patamar de viabilidade e lucratividade / Abstract: This resource paper was developed in order to purpose an application of an improvement process in a Printer Company of Stickers, trough a marketing diversification and measurement of the results by The Balanced Scorecard. The achieve results demonstrate that the company became profitable and economically viable / Mestrado / Gestão da Qualidade Total / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

The thesis is focused on quality in business-clothes KaPO-oděvy s.r.o. It describes the methodology of quality in the company. The analytical part is focused on identifying problems in the company and to evaluate the whole of the current situation. In the next section suggest improvements, or remove identified problems. The result of the proposal will improve the existing situation and improve the quality of the business process. The thesis consists of the theoretical analysis of problems and design their own solutions.