TY - JOUR
T1 - Human related issues in manufacturing cell design, implementation, and operation
T2 - A review and survey
AU - Bidanda, Bopaya
AU - Ariyawongrat, Poonsiri
AU - Needy, Kim Lascola
AU - Norman, Bryan A.
AU - Tharmmaphornphilas, Wipawee
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors express their appreciation to the National Science Foundation for their generous support of this research through grant DMI-9908707. We also wish to thank the Eaton Corporation, Industrial and Commercial Controls Group, Beaver Facility and Bombardier Transportation for their support on this endeavor.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The application of cellular manufacturing in batch-type environments is a well-known manufacturing strategy that typically improves manufacturing efficiency by utilizing the philosophy of group technology. It is also important that for the successful implementation of cellular manufacturing, that one focuses both on technical issues (cell formation and design) and human issues. Unfortunately, human issues are typically not examined as rigorously as often as technical issues. This paper presents an overview and evaluation of the diverse range of human issues involved in cellular manufacturing based on an extensive literature review. Further, a survey to determine the importance of eight different human issues in cellular manufacturing was administered to a sample of academics, managers, and workers involved in cellular design and implementation results are presented and discussed.
AB - The application of cellular manufacturing in batch-type environments is a well-known manufacturing strategy that typically improves manufacturing efficiency by utilizing the philosophy of group technology. It is also important that for the successful implementation of cellular manufacturing, that one focuses both on technical issues (cell formation and design) and human issues. Unfortunately, human issues are typically not examined as rigorously as often as technical issues. This paper presents an overview and evaluation of the diverse range of human issues involved in cellular manufacturing based on an extensive literature review. Further, a survey to determine the importance of eight different human issues in cellular manufacturing was administered to a sample of academics, managers, and workers involved in cellular design and implementation results are presented and discussed.
KW - Human issues
KW - Manufacturing cells
KW - Survey
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cie.2003.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cie.2003.03.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:14644410333
SN - 0360-8352
VL - 48
SP - 507
EP - 523
JO - Computers and Industrial Engineering
JF - Computers and Industrial Engineering
IS - 3
ER -