Lean Manufacturing in Temperature Dependent Processes with Interruptions

• Main Authors: LEE, Wee Leong, Allwood, J. M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: Business; Computer Sciences; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/91; http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443570310501899
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A particular difficulty arises when lean manufacturing principles are applied to temperature dependent processes. Specifically, when an interruption occurs, lean manufacturing advocates stopping the production line to find the root cause of the problem. However, interruptions in temperature dependen...