AMERICAN INDUSTRY HAS BEEN SLOW TO WIDELY IMPLEMENT JIT CONCEPTS DUE TO THE LACK OF A CONSISTENT, ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO CORPORATE-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION. CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURING (CFM), AN APPLICATION OF TQM ON THE SHOP FLOOR, APPLIES AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH FOCUSING ON THE REDUCTION OF MANUFACTURING CYCLE TIME, THE CRITICAL MEASURE OF PLANT EFFECTIVENESS. FAST MANUFACTURING CYCLE TIME LEADS TO LOWER WORK-IN-PROCESS INVENTORY, QUICKER DELIVERY TIMES, FASTER DEMING CYCLES, LOWER COSTS, AND HIGHER QUALITY. CFM IMPLEMENTATIONS RELY ON FOUR IMPROVEMENT METHODS: SETUP REDUCTION, DEFECT PREVENTION, OPERATION TIME IMPROVEMENT, AND PROCESS FLOW IMPROVEMENT.
| Number of Pages : | 8 |
| Published : | 06/01/1990 |
