Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Composite materials can greatly reduce production and transportation costs and so that they are widely used in \nthe aerospace industry. Traditional composite materials manufacturers are facing competitive challenges such as \nshorter delivery time, high quality, and quick response to customer demand. Lean methods have been effectively \napplied to various industries for improving production quality and efficiency. In this study, a framework of lean \ntransformation are organized and presented in a systematic way. The proposed lean transformation techniques are \nimplemented in an aerospace company to improve the composite-material bonding process. Implementation results \nsuggest the overall productivity of the composite-material bonding process increase significantly due to the \nelimination of bottlenecks, reduction of cycle time, and decrease of WIP inventory. The proposed approach can be \napplied to other manufacturing enterprises for improving their productivity.
Institution: Feng Chia University
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2182750134