Productivity in the cable industry–efficient ways to manufacture high quality cables at a lower cost

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Production can function only when machines operate, workers who have the necessary skills to carry out their tasks are present, and raw material is available. The traditional way to improve the effectiveness of production has been to study how much time the worker and the machine spend on various production tasks and to attempt to optimize them so that the work can be carried out as quickly as possible.

Description

Production can function only when machines operate, workers who have the necessary skills to carry out their tasks are present, and raw material is available. The traditional way to improve the effectiveness of production has been to study how much time the worker and the machine spend on various production tasks and to attempt to optimize them so that the work can be carried out as quickly as possible.

Additional information

Author(s)

O. Sylvanne, Nokia Cable Machinery, USA

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI Combined Division Meeting, Cleveland, OH USA. Paper published in WJI, June 1988, pg. 36.

Year

1988