Mass production system and its subcontracting system in japanese aircraft industry during WWⅡ

One of the specificities of the large-serial and mass production is the almost neglected percentage of prepare-finish time in the production cycle. In the conditions of today dominant discontinuous production, it becomes a significant element of the production cycle. The eastern (Japan) doctrine of increasing the flexibility of the production systems, is based inter alia also on the extreme reduction of the prepare-finish time. For this reason, the aim of this study was to identify the types and percentages of individual jobs within the group of prepare-finish jobs. The sample consisted of 3 (three) production systems for the production of joinery, with the discontinuous production system. The research shows that the percentage of time of the jobs installation of work instruments, regulation of processing regime, and removal of work instruments is extremely long and that it ranges between 11.83% and 18.93% of the shift time. The reasons of the high percentage of these jobs are the wide range of products and the absence of the rationalisation of prepare-finish jobs. Within the efforts to minimize the effects of disruption and to increase the flexibility of the production systems, the rationalisation of prepare-finish jobs is the unavoidable condition.

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The end of the 'mass production system' and changes in work practices

Japanese Business Management ◽

10.4324/9780203449141-22 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 201-214

Keyword(s):

Production System ◽

Mass Production ◽

Work Practices

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Seru Production System

Advances in Intelligent, Flexible, and Lean Management and Engineering - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5768-6.ch005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 113-138

Author(s):

Emre Bilgin Sarı ◽

Sabri Erdem

Keyword(s):

Production System ◽

Mass Production ◽

Lean Manufacturing ◽

Manufacturing Systems ◽

Job Shop ◽

Production Systems ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Opportunity To Respond ◽

Manufacturing Management ◽

The Impact

Seru production system is a flexible, cost-effective, workforce competence-oriented manufacturing management system that provides the opportunity to respond quickly to customer demand. As in parallel to technology and physical improvements, customer demands are also effective for development of production systems. The impact of change in demand has been seen on changeover from job shop to mass production, flexible, and lean manufacturing systems. Seru production system is more appropriate for targeting work both cost-effectively like mass production and maximum diversification like job shop production. This chapter clarifies the Seru production system and explain its use and benefits in the clothing industry. In the application, a shirt production is illustrated according to the principles of mass production, lean production, and Seru production. Thus, different types of production systems have been benchmarked. There will be potential study areas for proving the efficiency of Seru soon.

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