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Restructuring production operations: The application of time-based value-adding models

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A model which aids the restructuring of production operations from a total input/output perspective is described. This organisation for task approach offers a structured method of auditing the value adding capability of manufacturing systems prior to development and investment. Restructuring to achieve improved value-adding characteristics is considered a primary goal strategy and can be contrasted to the MRP and technology-led compensatory strategies common in the last twenty-five years. Actual live data from an electronics component manufacturer is superimposed on the model to clarify and support the concept of time-based analysis. This leads to a production systems analysis and measurement of effectiveness model which can be used in isolation of financially based methods of performance measurement.

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  1. Dofman Smith Switchgear Limited, Blackpool Road, PR2 2DQ, Preston, UK

    R. C. Barker MPhil, FIIM (Mahufacturing Director)

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Barker, R.C. Restructuring production operations: The application of time-based value-adding models. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 7, 225–230 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02601628

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