Hybrid Integrations of Value Stream Mapping, Theory of Constraints and Simulation: Application to Wooden Furniture Industry

This paper studies manufacturing processes in a wooden furniture manufacturing company. The company suffers from long manufacturing lead times and an unbalanced production line. To identify sources of waste and delay value stream mapping (VSM) and a discrete event simulation model is implemented. VS...

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Main Authors: Emad Alzubi, Anas M. Atieh, Khaleel Abu Shgair, John Damiani, Sima Sunna, Abdallah Madi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Processes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/7/11/816