Purpose–The paper's aim is to focus on the productivity potential assessment (PPA) method
which has been developed to measure and assess the productivity potentials at shop‐floor …

Production companies frequently have to meet demands and requirements, both internal
and external, which trigger a plan for change in different production areas. Assembly …

This paper reviews 10 methods or models that are developed to redesign, measuring or
analysing a production system. Furthermore, a comparison is done between the methods …

Purpose–To develop and test a model and software‐based support system for better
understanding of the interactions between man‐machine‐maintenance‐economy (MMME) …

In almost all cases, automotive companies and automotive suppliers monitor the efficiency of
their production and measure it with different metrics. Based on predefined Key Performance …

Circularity is most often related to resource usage directly affected by products. However, as
manufacturing companies hugely affect global warming, enhancing resource utilization …

ABSTRACT Productivity Potential Assessment (PPA) has been used in 45 studies of
manufacturing companies in Sweden. The overall conclusion is that there is a great potential …

This study focused on assessing and improving production systems of Finnish mechanical
engineering companies producing order-specific products and using make-to-order (MTO) …

Manufacturing companies continuously evaluate their achieved performance based on
different Key Performance Indicators (KPI). This article gives an overview about the OEE …

This chapter discusses the role of maintenance in relation to company profit. It discusses
how the internal effectiveness & creation and improvement of company competitiveness may …