Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability - Keivan Zokaei et al. - 2013 Book Information

Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability


Keivan Zokaei, Hunter Lovins, Andy Wood, Peter Hines

CRC Press, 2013 - Business & Economics - 233 pages
Things that are good for the planet are also good for business. Numerous studies from the likes of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Harvard, MIT Sloan, and others indicate that organizations that commit to goals of zero waste, zero harmful emissions, and zero use of nonrenewable resources clearly outperform their competition.

Like lean thinking, greening your business is not just a ‘nice to have’; at least not anymore. It is now a key economic driver for many forward looking firms. This book is packed with case studies and examples that illustrate how leading firms use lean and green as simultaneous sources of inspiration in various sectors of industry - from automotive and retail to textile and brewing. Take Toyota as an example, the holy grail of economic efficiency for decades. This book, shows that Toyota tops the green chart too, describing Toyota’s notion of Monozukuri: sustainable manufacturing.

Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability offers opportunities for innovation that can simultaneously reduce dependence on natural resources and enhance global prosperity. It explores less understood aspects of lean and green – discussing their evolution independently as well as the opportunities that exist in their integration, highlighting the importance of a cultural shift across the whole company.

Outlining a systematic way to eliminate harmful waste while generating green value, the book explains how to:

Become economically successful and environmentally sustainable by adopting the lean and green business system model
Adopt a systematic approach to become lean and green, and develop your own roadmap to success
Use the cutting edge tools, techniques, and methodologies developed by the authors
Translate the techniques and culture that underpin lean into environmental improvements
Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability supplies a new way of thinking that will allow you to boost improvement efforts and create a positively charged work environment – while contributing to the long-term well-being of the environment.

Google Book Link
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Application of Lean in Steel Plants - Industry - Technology

Running Steel Lean

http://www.handsongroup.com/steel-industry/running-steel-lean/

Lean in Steel

http://www.tpslean.com/resultsall/steelmill.htm

Essar Steel Hazira plant recognized for Lean manufacturing practices

December 26, 2012

http://www.essar.com/article.aspx?cont_id=LVWSrngCjWc=

Towards Integrated optimization of steel plant production processes

http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/research_results/publications/synthesiology_e/vol5_no2/vol05_02_p96_p113.pdf

Case Study: Improving Production Planning in SteelIndustry in 

Light of Lean Principles

Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Istanbul, Turkey, July 3 – 6, 2012

http://iieom.org/ieom2012/pdfs/584.pdf

Optimizing in-plant supply chain in Steel Plants by integrating Lean Manufacturing & Theory of Constrains through dynamic simulationmore

by Prateek Raj

December 2011

http://www.academia.edu/1513622/Optimizing_in-plant_supply_chain_in_Steel_Plants_by_integrating_Lean_Manufacturing_and_Theory_of_Constrains_through_dynamic_simulation

Paper

http://www.dbtc.com/Editor_UploadedDocuments/Content/Doc_Lean_Supply_Chains_931cb426fd.pdf

Enhancing Productivity of hot metal in Blast furnace -A case study in an Integrated 

Steel Plant

International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (IJEST)

Vol. 3 No. 4 Apr 2011

http://www.ijest.info/docs/IJEST11-03-04-187.pdf

Informing Implementers of Lean Strategy in Process Industries – The Central Role of Schedulers

Steel Industry Case

Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology Volume 8, 2011

http://iisit.org/Vol8/IISITv8p335-349Alony269.pdf

STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES IN STEEL PRODUCT ION:
Product variety and Performance
Joakim Storck
Doctoral Thesis in Production Engineering
Stockholm, Sweden, 2009
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:278611/FULLTEXT01.pdf

A LEAN PRODUCTION STRATEGY FOR HOT CHARGE OPERATION OF A STEEL MILL

Agile Manufacturing, 2007. ICAM 2007. IET International Conference 

Date of Conference: 9-11 July 2007

Leaning into the steel industry: Lean supply and the steel industry

Matthew P. Pepper, University of Wollongong

Trevor A. Spedding, University of Wollongong

Jan 2006

http://works.bepress.com/mpepper/4/

Applying lean thinking: a case study of an Indian steel plant

Vijay Dhandapani, Andrew Potter, Mohamed Naim

International Journal of Logistics-research and Applications - INT J LOGIST-RES APPL 01/2004; 7(3):239-250.

Abdullah, Fawaz Mohammed (2003) LEAN MANUFACTURING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRY WITH A FOCUS ON STEEL. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/7968/

Application of Lean in Cement Industry

Creating a Lean Energy Culture with Sustainability: A Case Study on Holcim
http://www.nea.gov.sg/cms/sei/PSS58_LearningReport.pdf

Lean system in Holcim
http://www.jnm.com/documents/10167/94965/JnM_Created_Value_HOLCIM_operational_excellence_en.pdf

Lean system in Cemex
2012
http://raveenb.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/the-leanest-cement/

Application of the Lean Philosophy to reduce Carbon Emissions in the Precast Concrete Industry of Singapore
2011
http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/35237

IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN WITHIN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY
Taher Tourki
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of De Montfort
University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
2010
https://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/2086/4577/PhDThesis_TaherTourki.pdf?sequence=1

Material Waste Reduction - Example

From the Chapter

Operational Excellence: A Manufacturing Metamorphosis at Western Geophysical Exploration Products
by Mark F. McGovern and Brian J. Andrews
in Becoming Lean - Inside Stories of US Manufacturers by Jeffrey K. Liker
Pp.389-
Google Book Link - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=xBHVjF8NsOMC

At each step in the cabling process, extra cable is being manufactured for uncertainty in the downstream operations, as a longer cable can be cut as required and shorter cable would become waste. But in the lean mindset this notion was challenged.

The team started collecting the data. Analysis showed that significant amount of money is wasted in creating extra long lengths. The finished cable needs to be 1250 feet. Two most expensive elements of the cable are being bought in lengths of 1450 feet. Though analysis of the data, the purchased length was adjusted. The annual savings of this one improvement saved more than $320,000 for WGEP.

Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together - James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones - 2009 - Book Information

Womack and Jones deconstruct the broken producer-consumer model and show businesses how to repair it, by providing the full value consumers desire from products without wasting time or effort.
Why is it that, when our computers or our cell phones fail to satisfy our needs, virtually every interaction with help lines, support centers, or any organization providing service is marked with wasted time and extra hassle? In their bestselling business classic Lean Thinking, James Womack and Daniel Jones introduced the world to the principles of lean production—principles for eliminating waste during production. Now, in Lean Solutions, the authors establish the groundbreaking principles of lean consumption, showing companies how to eliminate inefficiency during consumption.

Lean Solutions is full of surprising success stories: Fujitsu, a leading service company for technology, has transformed the way call centers solve problems—learning how to eliminate the underlying cause of current problems rather than fixing them again and again. An extremely successful car dealership has adopted lean principles to streamline its business, making for dramatically reduced wait time, fewer return trips, and greater satisfaction for customers—and a far more lucrative enterprise. Lean Solutions will inspire managers to take the first steps toward perfecting their company's process of giving consumers what they really want.

Simon and Schuster, 01-Dec-2009 - Business & Economics - 368 pages

Google Book Link
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=rpBv4JoCRW4C

Interesting Moving Work Station Design by a Worker - India

In a textile factory, changing the thread spindles when they ran out was a physically stressful job. It required a team of two--one pushing a cart with the fresh spindles, and the other constantly having to move the stool, climb up and replace the spindle, and climb down. The guy on the stool was often taking sick leave because of the physical demands, which sometimes led to falls and other injuries.

A factory worker observed this problem. In his own time after work, the factory worker began experimenting with how to propel the stool so that the worker didn't have to keep getting up and down. Eventually he had the idea to put wheels on the stool, and then he rigged up an electric motor to propel it. In a final ingenious flash, he adapted a sewing machine pedal to the mechanism so that the worker could stop and start it at will. The results? Less sick time, less injury, and greater efficiency and productivity.

Interesting moving work station design.

Source

Why CEOs need to be creative?
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-23/news/41437580_1_sachit-jain-india-study-trip

Inside the Mind of Toyota - Satoshi Hino - 2005 - Book Information

Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth

Satoshi Hino

Productivity Press, 2006 - Business & Economics - 327 pages


In Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth, Satoshi Hino examines the source of Toyota's strength: the fundamental thinking and management structures that lie beneath the creation of its famed Toyota Production System. From the perspective of a professional with 30 years experience in the auto industry, Hino presents a fresh and detailed analysis of Toyota's essential management system, from its very beginnings into the 21st century.

The ultimate goal is not simply to mimic Toyota's formula, but to learn from it and, in doing so, surpass it.

Google Book Link with Preview Facility
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=rAlcjg0QhGkC

Target costing idea was developed by Kiichiro Toyoda taking inspiration from Henry Ford.  Page 7

Scientific Management - Introduction - F.W.Taylor

From F.W. Taylor's Scientific Management

The writer asserts as a general principle (and he proposes to give illustrations tending to prove the fact later in this paper) that in almost all of the mechanic arts the science which underlies each act of each workman is so great and amounts to so much that the workman who is best suited to actually doing the work is incapable of fully understanding this science, without the guidance and help of those who are working with him or over him, either through lack of education or through insufficient mental capacity. In order that the work may be done in accordance with scientific laws, it is necessary that there shall be a far more equal division of the responsibility between the management and the workmen than exists under any of the ordinary types of management. Those in the management whose duty it is to develop this science should also guide and help the workman in working under it, and should assume a much larger share of the responsibility for results than under usual conditions is assumed by the management.

The body of this paper will make it clear that, to work according to scientific laws, the management must take over and perform much of the work which is now left to the men; almost every act of the workman should be preceded by one or more preparatory acts of the management which enable him to do his work better and quicker than he otherwise could. And each man should daily be taught by and receive the most friendly help from those who are over him, instead of being, at the one extreme, driven or coerced by his bosses, and at the other left to his own unaided devices.

This close, intimate, personal cooperation between the management and the men is of the essence of modern scientific or task management.

It will be shown by a series of practical illustrations that, through this friendly cooperation, namely, through sharing equally in every day's burden, all of the great obstacles (above described) to obtaining the maximum output for each man and each machine in the establishment are swept away. The 30 per cent to 100 per cent increase in wages which the workmen are able to earn beyond what they receive under the old type of management, coupled with the daily intimate shoulder to shoulder contact with the management, entirely removes all cause for soldiering. And in a few years, under this system, the workmen have before them the object lesson of seeing that a great increase in the output per man results in giving employment to more men, instead of throwing men out of work, thus completely eradicating the fallacy that a larger output for each man will throw other men out of work.

It is the writer's judgment, then, that while much can be done and should be done by writing and talking toward educating not only workmen, but all classes in the community, as to the importance of obtaining the maximum output of each man and each machine, it is only through the adoption of modern scientific management that this great problem can be  finally solved. Probably most of the readers of this paper will say that all of this is mere theory. On the contrary, the theory, or philosophy, of scientific management is just beginning to be understood, whereas the management itself has been a gradual evolution, extending over a period of nearly thirty years. And during this time the employees of one company after another, including a large range and diversity of industries, have gradually changed from the ordinary to the scientific type of management. At least 50,000 workmen in the United States are now employed under this system; and they are receiving from 30 per cent to 100 per cent higher wages daily than are paid to men of similar caliber with whom they are surrounded, while the companies employing them are more prosperous than ever before. In these companies the output, per man and per machine, has on an average been doubled. During all these years there has never been a single strike among the men working under this system. In place of the suspicious watchfulness and the more or less open warfare which characterizes the ordinary types of management, there is universally friendly cooperation between the management and the men.

Several papers have been written, describing the expedients which have been adopted and the details which have been developed under scientific management and the steps to be taken in changing from the ordinary to the scientific type. But unfortunately most of the readers of these papers have mistaken the mechanism for the true essence. Scientific management fundamentally consists of certain broad general principles, a certain philosophy, which can be applied in many ways, and a description of what any one man or men may believe to be the best mechanism for applying these general principles should in no way be confused with the principles themselves.

It is not here claimed that any single panacea exists for all of the troubles of the working-people or of employers. As long as some people are born lazy or inefficient, and others are born greedy and brutal, as long as vice and crime are with us, just so long will a certain amount of poverty, misery, and unhappiness be with us Also. No system of management, no single expedient--within the control of any man or any set of men can insure continuous prosperity to either workmen or employers. Prosperity depends upon so many factors entirely beyond the control of any one set of men, any state, or even any one country, that certain periods will inevitably come when both sides must suffer, more or less. It is claimed, however, that under scientific management the intermediate periods will be far more prosperous, far happier, and more free from discord and dissension. And also, that the periods will be fewer, shorter and the suffering less. And this will be particularly true in any one town, any one section of the country, or any one state which first substitutes the principles of scientific management for the rule of thumb.

That these principles are certain to come into general use practically throughout the civilized world, sooner or later, the writer is profoundly convinced, and the sooner they come the better for all the people.

F.W. Taylor, Scientific Management

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Manufacturing Process Selection Handbook - 2013 Book - K. G. Swift, J. D. Booker - Book Information

Manufacturing Process Selection Handbook: From design to manufacture (Google eBook)

K. G. Swift, J. D. Booker

Butterworth-Heinemann, 15-Feb-2013 - Technology & Engineering - 456 pages


Manufacturing Process Selection Handbook provides engineers and designers with process knowledge and the essential technological and cost data to guide the selection of manufacturing processes early in the product development cycle.

Building on content from the authors’ earlier introductory Process Selection guide, this expanded handbook begins with the challenges and benefits of identifying manufacturing processes in the design phase and appropriate strategies for process selection. The bulk of the book is then dedicated to concise coverage of different manufacturing processes, providing a quick reference guide for easy comparison and informed decision making.

For each process examined, the book considers key factors driving selection decisions, including:

Basic process descriptions with simple diagrams to illustrate
Notes on material suitability
Notes on available process variations
Economic considerations such as costs and production rates
Typical applications and product examples
Notes on design aspects and quality issues
Providing a quick and effective reference for the informed selection of manufacturing processes with suitable characteristics and capabilities, Manufacturing Process Selection Handbook is intended to quickly develop or refresh your experience of selecting optimal processes and costing design alternatives in the context of concurrent engineering. It is an ideal reference for those working in mechanical design across a variety of industries and a valuable learning resource for advanced students undertaking design modules and projects as part of broader engineering programs.


Google Book Link
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=FfLpEgj5F_EC

Industrial Engineering And Production Management - Martand Telsang - Book Information

Publisher S. Chand & Co.

Google Book Link with Preview Facility
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=QNa5OqYsSNEC

World Class Industrial Engineering

World Class Manufacturing is popular.

I saw today World Class Quality and World Class Supply Chain Management.

How to define World Class Industrial Engineering?

20 August 2013

How to identify world class IE departments in companies?

I posted the question in three communities related to IE on Linkedin.

IIE 2014 Student Conference Schedule

University region conferences:


Provide a forum for the presentation of student papers reflecting undergraduate research and industry-based projects.
Stimulate research and creative thinking through team competitions.
Promote leadership, communication and organizational skills.
Develop networking skills and contacts.
Strengthen communication among chapters within the region and with IIE.

http://www.iienet2.org/Details.aspx?id=814#!


Asia region is yet to be announced.

Work Station Design - An Activity of Human Effort Engineering - Bibliography

Bibliography

The ergonomic Design of Work Stations Using Virtual Manufacturing and Response Surface Methodology
IIE Transactions, 2002, 34, 375-391

Work Station Design - ILO Occupations Safety Handbook Chapter
http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english?content&nd=857170342

Work Station Design Strategies (COPE)

http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ie/cope/06-2-WS_Design_Strategies_e.html

A revolution in chair, work station design

http://www.djc.com/special/design95/10002592.htm

Modular work station design for aircraft - An abstract of a patent

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5028016.html

Transit Bus Operator Work Station Design for a Diverse Population - SAE Technical paper published 1995

http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/952668

Computer Work Station Design

http://www.indianahandcenter.com/work_station_design.html

Work station design and work tools - ILO Book Chapter

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub05-14c.pdf

Ergonomics and Work Station Design - Dr. Mark Vettraino, September 2003

http://www.isdesignet.com/ArticleDetails/tabid/3339/ArticleID/3796/Default.aspx

Work Station Design -- What Makes it Ergonomically Correct?

http://www.details-worktools.com/media/scms/ISSUE-3.pdf

ERGONOMICS CONSIDERATIONS IN SEWING MACHINE WORK STATION DESIGN
By Balraj Singh Brar, Chandandeep Singh Grewal, Kuldeep Kumar Sareen

http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~csgrewal/full_paper/conference/Ergonomics%20sewing%20machine%20paper%20at%20Longowal%20Conference.pdf

Designing Workstations that Make Work Easier, Katrina C. Arabe

Sub-Micro Layout & Workstation Design, Chapter 5, from the upcoming 2nd edition of Facilities & Workplace Design

http://www.strategosinc.com/workstation_design.htm

Blog posts by me

Work Station Design - Introduction

Lean Workstation

Assembly Workstations - Bibliography

originally posted in Knol http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/work-station-design-an-activity-of/ 2utb2lsm2k7a/ 1366

Manufacturing Systems Conference 2013 Papers - Bibliography

Forty Sixth CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2013


11. A study on the heating process for forging of an automotive
crankshaft in terms of energy efficiency
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/11_paper.pdf

38. Methodology for energy efficiency on process level
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/38_paper.pdf

39 A systematic approach on developing action-oriented, competencybased Learning Factories
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/39_paper.pdf

42. An approach for a cloud-based machine tool control
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/42_paper.pdf

49. A Study of Automatic Determination of Cutting Conditions to
Minimize Machining Cost
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/49_paper.pdf

55. Concurrent Product – Supply Chain Design: A Conceptual
Framework & Literature Review
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/55_paper.pdf

57. Beyond Lean and Six Sigma; Cross-Collaborative Improvement of  Tolerances and Process Variations - A Case Study
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/57_paper.pdf

60. Milkrun Vehicle Routing Approach for Shop-floor Logistics
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/60_paper.pdf
61. Methodology for the assessment of structural complexity in global
production networks
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/61_paper.pdf

62. Current State of Standardized Work in Automotive Industry in
Sweden
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/62_paper.pdf

64. Manufacturing of Twist-Free Surfaces by Hard Turning
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/64_paper.pdf

Use of Statistics in Engineering and Technology - Bibliography

Technometrics - Journal

Technometrics contributes to the development and use of statistical methods in the physical, chemical, and engineering sciences as well as information sciences and technology. It features papers that describe new statistical techniques; illustrate innovative applications of known statistical methods; or review methods, issues, or philosophy in a particular area of statistics or science. Articles are expected to include adequate justification of the application of the technique, preferably by means of an actual application to a problem in the physical, chemical, engineering or information sciences.

Technometrics is co-published four times per year by ASQ and the American Statistical Association (ASA).
http://asq.org/pub/techno/


SPC - Statistical Process Control in Injection Molding and Extrusion
Chris Rauwendaal
Hanser Verlag, 01-Jan-2008 - 250 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=fbiV2SKQB-YC


Statistics in Industry
Ravindra Khattree, Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao

Gulf Professional Publishing, 01-Jan-2003 - Mathematics - 1187 pages
A state-of-the-art exposition of topics in the field of industrial statistics DESCRIPTION: The Handbook of Statistics, a series of self-contained reference books. Each volume is devoted to a particular topic in statistics. Every chapter is written by prominent workers in the area to which the volume is devoted. The series is addressed to the entire community of statisticians and scientists in various disciplines who use statistical methodology in their work. At the same time, special emphasis is placed on applications-oriented techniques, with the applied statistician in mind as the primary audience. This volume presents a state of the art exposition of topics in the field of industrial statistics. It serves as an invaluable reference for the researchers in industrial statistics/industrial engineering and an up to date source of information for practicing statisticians/industrial engineers. A variety of topics in the areas of industrial process monitoring, industrial experimentation, industrial modelling and data analysis are covered and are authored by leading researchers or practitioners in the particular specialized topic. Targeting the audiences of researchers in academia as well as practitioners and consultants in industry, the book provides comprehensive accounts of the relevant topics. In addition, whenever applicable ample data analytic illustrations are provided with the help of real world data. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part 1: Statistics in Research and Development; Part 2: Statistics in on-line Industrial Processes; Part 3: Measurement Processes; Part 4: Statistical Inferential Techniques useful in Industrial Applications; Part 5: Software Reliability
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=DUQ5IY3iV9QC



A Primer on Experiments with Mixtures


John A. Cornell

John Wiley & Sons, 26-Sep-2011 - Mathematics - 368 pages
A Primer on Experiments with Mixtures provides an introductory presentation of the key principles behind experimenting with mixtures. Outlining useful techniques through an applied approach with examples from real research situations, the book supplies a comprehensive discussion of how to design and set up basic mixture experiments, then analyze the data and draw inferences from results.

Drawing from his extensive experience teaching the topic at various levels, the author presents the mixture experiments in an easy-to-follow manner that is void of unnecessary formulas and theory. Succinct presentations explore key methods and techniques for carrying out basic mixture experiments, including:

Designs and models for exploring the entire simplex factor space, with coverage of simplex-lattice and simplex-centroid designs, canonical polynomials, the plotting of individual residuals, and axial designs

Multiple constraints on the component proportions in the form of lower and/or upper bounds, introducing L-Pseudocomponents, multicomponent constraints, and multiple lattice designs for major and minor component classifications

Techniques for analyzing mixture data such as model reduction and screening components, as well as additional topics such as measuring the leverage of certain design points

Models containing ratios of the components, Cox's mixture polynomials, and the fitting of a slack variable model

A review of least squares and the analysis of variance for fitting data

Each chapter concludes with a summary and appendices with details on the technical aspects of the material. Throughout the book, exercise sets with selected answers allow readers to test their comprehension of the material, and References and Recommended Reading sections outline further resources for study of the presented topics.

A Primer on Experiments with Mixtures is an excellent book for one-semester courses on mixture designs and can also serve as a supplement for design of experiments courses at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also a suitable reference for practitioners and researchers who have an interest in experiments with mixtures and would like to learn more about the related mixture designs and models.
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=RXpyIR7doKoC


Statistical Case Studies for Industrial Process Improvement
Veronica Czitrom, Patrick D. Spagon
SIAM, 1997 - Mathematics - 514 pages
American industry is becoming more aware of the importance of applying statistical methods to improve its competitive edge in the world market. Examples of real industrial applications can serve as a major motivator for industries that want to increase their use of statistical methods. This book contains a broad selection of case studies written by professionals in the semiconductor industry that illustrate the use of statistical methods to improve manufacturing processes. These case studies offer engineers, scientists, technicians, and managers numerous examples of best-in-class practices by their peers. Because of the universal nature of statistical applications, the methods described here can be applied to a wide range of industries, including the chemical, biotechnology, automotive, steel, plastics, textile, and food industries.
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=uteIhddYMyQC
30 Papers in the book

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Case Studies and Applications

1. Cylinder Line Boring Case Study
http://www.win.tue.nl/~adibucch/2WS10/lect18Sutherland.pdf

2. Implementation of SPC Techniques in Automotive Industry: A Case Study
Dr. D. R. Prajapati
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, PEC University of Technology (formerly Punjab Engineering College), Chandigarh-160012 (India),   2012 paper
http://www.ijetae.com/files/Volume2Issue4/IJETAE_0412_39.pdf

3. APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES VIA CONTROL CHARTS
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS
OF THE MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
by KAMİL UMUT SARGUT
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MAY 2003
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1270081/index.pdf

4. Real Time Statistical Process Control Systems for Saw Mills
http://web.utk.edu/~tfpc/Intelligent/Publications/SawTech%2007252005.pdf

5. Process Control Tool for a Production Line at Nokia - 2000
http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn951427508X/isbn951427508X.pdf

6. Statistical Methods for Monitoring Service Processes
http://www.woodm.myweb.port.ac.uk/StatMethServiceP.pdf

7. Statistical Quality Control in Cable Industry
Case Study: Copper Consumption Reduction in Nexans IKO Sweden
Industrial Engineering
http://bada.hb.se/bitstream/2320/5497/1/Mokhlesi,%20Sabet%20Azad.pdf

8. The use of Statistical Process Control Technique in the Ceramic Tile Manufacturing: a Case Study
2012 Paper
http://research.ijais.org/volume2/number5/ijais12-450341.pdf

9. Forty Sixth CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2013
Statistical Process Control as a Service: An Industrial Case Study
Gašper Škulja, Rok Vrabiča,, Peter Butalaa, Alojzij Slugaa
http://cms2013.ceni.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/65_paper.pdf

10 . APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL IN INJECTION MOULD MANUFACTURING
CAO JIAN
2004 MS Thesis

http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/bitstream/handle/10635/14536/CaoJ.pdf?sequence=1

Shoe Printing Fixture - Industrial Engineering Project - 2012 - Video

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Industrial Engineering - Principles and Propositions

Principles of Efficiency - Harrington Emerson


1. Clearly defined ideals.
2. Common sense
3. Competent counsel
4. Discipline
5. The fair deal
6. Reliable, immediate and adequate records
7. Despatching
8. Standards and schedules
9. Standardized conditions
10. Standardized operations
11. Written standard-practice instructions
12. Efficiency-reward

The full paper on the principles of IE by Prof. K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao is now available for downloading from IISE 2017 Annual Conference Proceedings in Proquest Journal Base.

https://www.proquest.com/docview/1951119980

Raising the productivity of Interaction Workers

Raise the productivity of interaction workers—high-skill knowledge workers, including managers and professionals—by 20 to 25 percent by using social technologies internally and externally.

McKinsey Global Report July 2012
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/the_social_economy

Lean Systems - Design, Development and Improvement - Bibliography

The Lean Certification Handbook
Anthony Manos, Chad Vincent
ASQ Quality Press, 11-Jun-2012 - 464 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=y6QBw0f3JiYC



Lean Software Development and IT Enabled Services - Bibliography
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/04/lean-software-development-and-it.html


Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together
James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones
Simon and Schuster, 01-Dec-2009 - Business & Economics - 368 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=rpBv4JoCRW4C

The Machine That Changed the World
James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos
1990 book printed with an afterword in 2007
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=9NHmNCmDUUoC


Lean Manufacturing Implementation: A Complete Execution Manual for Any Size Manufacturer
Dennis P. Hobbs
J. Ross Publishing, 2004 - Business & Economics - 244 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pJa0rwBt74wC

Book Review of Lean Thinking by Womack and Jones - Anna Lisa Wiegel - 2000
http://web.mit.edu/esd.83/www/notebook/WomackJones.PDF 

Plant Layout Optimization - Bibliography

Job Sequencing and Layout Optimization in Virtual Production Line
Journal of Quality, 2011 paper
http://joq2013.iem.yzu.edu.tw/Table_of_Contents/fullpaper/201108/05.pdf

Optimization of Layout Using Discrete Event Simulation
Ondřej Kurkin and Michal Šimon
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of West Bohemia,
Pilsen, Czech Republic

IBIMA Business Review, 2011

http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/IBIMABR/2011/180343/180343.pdf

Layout IQ

Workspace planning

http://www.rapidmodeling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=97

Layout Optimization and Manning Ratio Improvement - Masters Thesis

2010, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

http://eprints.utm.my/11237/1/YeongWengHarnMFKM2010.pdf

Layout Design of a Furniture Production Line using formal methods - Case study - Product assembly sequence given, quantities, and distances are given. Various methods were used to create alternative layouts - 2007

Layout Optimization - Presentation with Case Studies - 2004
http://www.raymondnet.com/AGRCo-Articles/Presentations/awi2004.pdf

Case Study for Plant Layout - Modern Analysis
http://www.slideshare.net/sarangbhutada/case-study-for-plant-layout-a-modern-analysis-presentation

Economic Layout Planning Strategies
http://www.slideshare.net/Annie05/layout-presentation-716071

A genetic algorithm for facility layout problems of different
manufacturing environments
M. Adel El-Baz
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Computers & Industrial Engineering 47 (2004) 233–246

Google Search Link for Layout Spae Optmization

Productivity Improvement through Social Technologies - IBM Case Studies

Video Presentations

http://www.ibm.com/social-business/us/en/customers.html#collab

http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2012/12/21409.html

http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2013/07/social-business-is-no-longer-optional.html