What is it about?
It is all about enhancing the output of a manufacturing set-up in phases, by identifying the wastages in the existing production line and, thereby, reducing them.
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Why is it important?
This research paper is important because it proposes a methodology for phased upgrading of a production flow-line in keeping with a steady increase in customer demand.
Perspectives
This proposed methodology can be used in a manufacturing sector where it enables step-wise increase in capacity instead of enhancing the capacity at one go.
Mr Protik Basu
Army Institute of Management
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This page is a summary of: Capacity augmentation with VSM methodology for lean manufacturing, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, July 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijlss-07-2013-0036.
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