Self-balancing processes. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Gordon Ghirann.
• Other Names: Ghirann, Gordon
• Contents: Conventional Assembly Line Balancing; Paced Lines; Manual Assembly Lines; Level Loading Shortcomings of Level Loading; Artificially Balanced; WIP Buffers; Slowest Operator/Station Sets the Pace; Variations in Yield and Cycle Time; Absent Operators; Inflexible, Difficult-to-Adjust Output; Silo Mentality; Repetitive and Monotonous Work for the Line Workers; Moving Beyond Level Loading A New Paradigm; Conditions for Continuous Flow; Self-Balancing; Rules to Standardize Self-Balancing; Rule 1: Keep Building Progressively Until Someone Pulls from You; Rule 2: When the Downstream Operator Pulls from You, Walk Upstream to the Next Operator and Pull from Them; Rule 3: If You Catch Up to Someone When Moving Downstream, Wait; Rule 4: Don’t Leapfrog; Everyone Stays in Their Position; Rule 5: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!; Dealing with Fumbles; Standard Conditions for a Fumble; Nonstandard Conditions for a Fumble; Fumble Rules; Rule 1: Encountering a Fumble When Moving Upstream; Rule 2: Encountering a Fumble When Moving Downstream; Rule 3: Returning to a Fumble Batch and Off-Line Processing; Curtain Operations; Backbench; In/Out Tray; Guidelines and Rules for Backbench Operations; Rule 1: Frontline Operators Leave the Line to Perform Backbench Operations on Demand; Rule 2: Operators Communicate When Leaving for the Backbench; Rule 3: Reenter the Frontline in the Same Position; Types of Loading and Unloading Subassembly Feeder Lines; Rules for Self-Balancing Subassembly Feeder Lines; Rule 1: Going Down the River; Rule 2: Going Up the River; Rules for Subassembly Feeder Line Operators; Rule 1: When Frontline and Feeder Line Are Synchronized; Rule 2: Encountering a Fumbled Subassembly Debugging the Line; Standard Work; Bottlenecks; SWIP Inventory; SWIP Increasing; SWIP Decreasing; Additional Debugging Horizontal Arrangement of Parts and Tools; Benefits and Potential Disadvantages of Horizontal Part and Tool Presentation; Additional Rows of Parts for Mixed-Model Lines; Quick Product Changeover of a Cell; ; Cell Designs; Cell Design Considerations; Safety; Walking Distance; Part-Travel Distance; Cell Layouts; Basic Cell Shapes; Cells with Off-Line Processing; Station Setup; Right-Sized Stations; Vertical Space; Standing Height; Standing Surface; ; Conclusion; ; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (108 pages), (74 illustrations)
• Subjects: 670.427; Assembly-line balancing; Assembly-line balancing -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466552586; 1466552581
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