Browsing ISME Theses and Dissertations by Author "Whitman, Lawrence E."
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Buffer allocation in an unreliable homogeneous serial parallel production line
Venkataraju, Ram Prasaad (Wichita State University, 2010-12)Buffers are inventory held in between machines to avoid stockout of parts. When a company has large buffer quantities between machines the inventory holding cost increases. Reducing the amount in a buffer increases the ... -
Decision analysis process model for alternative technologies evaluation within warehousing applications
Kolyesnik, Olena (Wichita State University, 2008-05)Led by competition, companies strive for competitive advantage. Accepting the value based holistic concept of the supply chain, organizations realize the importance of increased communication flow and availability of ... -
Develop a training procedure to improve the rater-reliability of a modified 5S audit checklist
Gorrepati, Nishant (Wichita State University, 2012-07)5S is a lean tool, which is a visual housekeeping technique that can be implemented in a shop floor to eliminate waste and improve the process. The performance of the 5S tool in a workplace is evaluated using a 5S audit ... -
An IDEF0 model for a terrorist resistant Global Supply Chain (GSC)
Tay, Choon Ling (Bobby) (Wichita State University, 2009-05)After the infamous terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001 in the United States, the world has become increasingly vulnerable to terrorist activities. International businesses that function through Global Supply Chain ... -
Incorporating environmental index as waste into value stream mapping
Patil, Amar S. (2005-12)In today’s fiercely competitive environment, the goal of any enterprise is to make money now and in the future (Goldratt, 1992). In order to fulfill this goal, an enterprise should eliminate waste embedded in the value ... -
An ontology for a lean supply chain
Khanna, Nitin (Wichita State University, 2007-12)In today's competitive manufacturing environment supply chains are spread across the oceans. For a large number of companies lean effort means closely examining the factory floor processes to pull the work. In reality the ... -
A practical method for assessing maintenance factors using a value stream maintenance map
Thiruvengadam, Arunprakash (Wichita State University, 2009-12)In today's highly competitive business environment every company is heading to increase its overall production and profit by decreasing its consumed manufacturing cost. Reduction in manufacturing cost can be effectively ... -
Using a value stream map to assess environmental impacts
Govindarajulu, Arun Prakkash (Wichita State University, 2009-12)In today's competitive world, companies focus on eliminating wastes to increase their profit, growth and ensure customer satisfaction. Among the known wastes, environmental wastes are typically the least considered. ...