Consolidation of production at Saab Electronic Defence Systems ZA
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Johannes, N.L.
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University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Abstract
This project looks at the current production facilities at SAAB EDS ZA using facility layout techniques and a lean manufacturing technique called value stream mapping. After analysis is done alternative layouts are designed for consolidating the production plant to a new building so that productivity is increased and materials handling decreased.
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Thesis (B Eng. (Industrial and Systems Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Mini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering), Lean manufacturing, Value stream mapping, Facility planning, Production consolidation