Improving Production Flexibility in an Industrial Company by Shortening Changeover Time: A Triple Helix Collaborative Project

Justyna Trojanowska (), Krzysztof Żywicki (), Maria Leonilde R. Varela () and José Machado ()
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Justyna Trojanowska: Poznan University of Technology
Krzysztof Żywicki: Poznan University of Technology
Maria Leonilde R. Varela: University of Minho
José Machado: University of Minho

Chapter Chapter 9 in Multiple Helix Ecosystems for Sustainable Competitiveness, 2016, pp 133-146 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents a triple helix collaborative project carried out through the collaboration of members of three Universities in order to analyze the impact of shortening changeover time on production flexibility in an Industrial Company. The project has been developed for a production company, whose products are fibreboard, hardboard, and soft board products manufactured by a highly specialized Industry using only pure wood fibres. The main reason why it was decided to complete the project was the existence of too long lead times, which meant that many orders were delayed. The main objectives of the project were to reduce changeover times and to increase production flexibility. Therefore, changeover time was analyzed to understand if some activities could be eliminated, moved or simplified. The implemented solution has resulted in shortened lead time, improved workflow, reduced costs of line putting in readiness, standardized changeovers, and has significantly contributed to improving the competitiveness of the Company on the market.

Keywords: Competitiveness; Eliminating Waste; Fibreboard Products; Global Market; Hardboard Products; Improve Production Processes; Improved workflow; Industrial Company; Lean Manufacturing; Line Costs Reduction; Production Flexibility; Production Improvement; Readiness; Shortening Changeover Time; Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED); Soft Board Products; Standardized Changeovers; Triple Helix Collaborative Project; Wood Fibres; Wood Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29677-7_9

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