A pilot study for the application of World Class Manufacturing techniques in the fibre-cement industry

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dc.contributor.advisorDu Preez, N. Den_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSinclair, M.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAggenbach, Eduard Johannes Wieseen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Department of Industrial Engineering.
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-27T12:26:55Z
dc.date.available2012-08-27T12:26:55Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.descriptionThesis (M. Eng. (Industrial)) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1991.
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: World Class Manufacturing(WCM) is a set of management strategies developed in Japan. These strategies have helped Japan to become the world leaders in manufacturing. This is obvious when the quality, price, availability and range of Japanese products are compared to those produced elsewhere. This thesis consists of two sections, namely, a literature survey discussing the various components of WCM, and a description of an application of some of these techniques. WCM consists of four seperate building blocks, namely, Just-in- Time(JIT), Total Quality Control(TQC), Total Worker Involvement and Total Prod11ctive Maintenance. These building blocks are discussed in the literature survey. The reason for their importance, their different components and their inter- relationships are discussed. Suggestions are also given on how to implement them. Some of these techniques were implemented in a fibre cement sheet plant and this is explained in the second part of the thesis. The most important application was reducing setup times on one of the machines. In this pilot exercise, setup times were reduced to 30% of their previous times. The author is confident that it can reduced even further. An additional 10% should be the next goal. This makes the complete application of WCM in the plant a very real possibility. Finally suggestions are made on how to implement the rest of the pilot study. Once this is completed, the management of the specific plant will hopefully consider implementing WCM techniques throughout the plant.en_ZA
dc.description.versionMaster
dc.format.extent239 pages : illustrations.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/69103
dc.language.isoen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subjectEverite (Pty) Limited -- Managementen_ZA
dc.subjectProduction management -- Japanen_ZA
dc.subjectProduction management -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectFiber-reinforced concrete -- Managementen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Industrial engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.titleA pilot study for the application of World Class Manufacturing techniques in the fibre-cement industryen_ZA
dc.typeThesis
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