Agile manufacturing and constraints management: a strategic perspective

Roy Stratton; Yahaya Y. Yusuf

doi:10.1117/12.403639

13 October 2000 Agile manufacturing and constraints management: a strategic perspective

Roy Stratton, Yahaya Y. Yusuf

Proceedings Volume 4192, Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing III; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.403639
Event: Intelligent Systems and Smart Manufacturing, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The definition of the agile paradigm has proved elusive and is often viewed as a panacea, in contention with more traditional approaches to operations strategy development and Larkin its own methodology and tools. The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is also poorly understood, as it is commonly solely associated with production planning and control systems and bottleneck management. This paper will demonstrate the synergy between these two approaches together with the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ), and establish how the systematic elimination of trade-offs can support the agile paradigm. Whereas agility is often seen as a trade-off free destination, both TOC and TRIZ may be considered to be route finders, as they comprise methodologies that focus on the identification and elimination of the trade-offs that constrain the purposeful improvement of a system, be it organizational or mechanical. This paper will also show how the TOC thinking process may be combined with the TRIZ knowledge based approach and used in breaking contradictions within agile logistics.

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Roy Stratton and Yahaya Y. Yusuf "Agile manufacturing and constraints management: a strategic perspective", Proc. SPIE 4192, Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing III, (13 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.403639

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