scholarly journals Improving Operations Performance with World Class Manufacturing Technique: A Case in Automotive Industry

10.5772/54450 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio De ◽  
Antonella Petrillo ◽  
Stanislao Monfre
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Technique ◽  
World Class ◽  
Operations Performance ◽  
World Class Manufacturing

scholarly journals Designing a Sustainable World Class Manufacturing Model in the Automotive Industry in Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Zahra Pourvaziry ◽  
Gholamreza Hashemzadeh Khorasgani ◽  
Mahmud Modiri ◽  
Hassan Farsijani
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Hybrid Technique ◽  
Fuzzy Dematel ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Fuzzy Delphi ◽  
World Class ◽  
Delphi Techniques ◽  
World Class Manufacturing

This study is functional in terms of purpose and descriptive-exploratory in terms of doing research. The method of data collection is library and field studies using a questionnaire tool. Those with relevant postgraduate qualifications and at least ten years of working experience, especially management experience in the automotive industry with a sufficiently motivated executive background to participate were chosen. In the quantitative section, the experts include nine executives and senior experts in the automotive industry who were selected through snowballing. The most important dimensions and criteria of a sustainable world class manufacturing model are identified by a theoretical literature review and interviews with the experts, and they were then screened and localized with expert opinions and fuzzy Delphi techniques. After collecting data through a paired comparisons questionnaire, the data were analyzed by using a fuzzy-dimensional network analysis process hybrid technique. The findings of fuzzy DEMATEL indicated that the dimensions of "environmental", "economic" and "social" sustainability help in achieving sustainable world class manufacturing.

scholarly journals Knowledge Management and World Class Manufacturing: an initial approach based on a literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-263
Author(s):  
Rafael de Carvalho Mendes ◽  
Max Cirino de Mattos
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Manufacturing

ABSTRACT This paper presents the partial results of an ongoing research on the proposal of a methodology for the integration between Knowledge Management (KM) and World Class Manufacturing (WCM). The initial investigation of theoretical and conceptual nature aimed at developing a comprehensive and current vision on KM, WCM, and how (or "whether") these constructs relate to one another. The primary sources for the literature review were Web of Science, Scopus, Emerald, Ebsco, SciELO and Spell, and the time frame was 2000 to 2016. The analysis of the selected papers showed that, although the initial WCM model evolved into a "new WCM" in the 2000s, the literature is still focused on the broad conceptual aspects and basic methods and tools, such as Total Quality Process, Total Productive Maintenance and Just-in-Time, conceived in the Toyota Production System, which shows the need for more studies focused on the current scenario of companies associated with the "new WCM" and its Methods and Tools. Only one article explicitly addressing the interaction between KM theories with WCM was found in the databases surveyed, thus reinforcing the lack of theoretical approximation of these constructs.

scholarly journals Linking the World Class Manufacturing System Approach with a Waste Management

TEM Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 750-755
Author(s):  
Marcela Malindzakova ◽  
Dusan Malindzak
Keyword(s):  
System Approach ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Organizational System ◽  
Manufacturing Operations ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Manufacturing

The paper deals with the implementation of the WCM (World Class Manufacturing) model. By implementing the WCM, it is possible to reduce costs in manufacturing operations by removing elements that does not bring added value, or generate losses, waste or even lead to accidents and errors. WCM as a management model includes its own methods and tools that enable the company to achieve profit and a competitive advantage based on the principle of "producing the highest quality products at low prices". The WCM model is based on four concepts to achieve zero waste, zero accidents, zero failures and zero stocks. A prerequisite for the development of the WCM model is the improvement of the company's organizational system in order to achieve a global level of competitiveness.

Enhancing Firm Competitiveness through Concurrent Implementation of TQM, JIT and TPM

2014 ◽  
Vol 660 ◽  
pp. 976-982
Author(s):  
Lukman Sukarma
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
Target Setting ◽  
Performance Targets ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Simultaneous Implementation ◽  
World Class Manufacturing

As a continuation of the previous paper by the author for this conference, this article provides empirical evidence for the impact of concurrent implementation of TQM, JIT and TPM in enhancing company performance, and hence its competitiveness. In doing this, ingredients of World Class Manufacturing company performance are reviewed, hypotheses and research methodology are developed, and data are analysed to verify the hypotheses. It is confirmed that plants implementing TQM, JIT and TPM concurrently outperform those, which implement only one or two of the methods, and there is no difference in performance among plants using either one or two of the methods. Further investigation on the causes of difference in performance reveals that, in addition to simultaneous implementation of the three methods, the establishment of performance targets leads to better performance. However, there is insufficient evidence to claim that involving employees in target setting has an effect on performance.

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