Date of Award
10-19-2015
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Keywords
DMAIC, Inventory Control, Mass Customization, MC W2P, On Floor Inventory Control, Printing
Supervisor
Pasek, Zbigniew
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
In the competitive industrial setting of present times, it is hard for the manufacturing sector of developed economies to compete with those of developing countries because of the considerably high costs associated with Labor, Material and Transportation in addition to strict Environmental Sanctions, fierce competition from Sinking industries and the ever-shifting global economic patterns. For a manufacturing industry to survive in such conditions, it must be willing to change, should be technologically superior, access multiple markets, be responsive and adapt quickly. New manufacturing concepts and Business strategies are proposed and introduced frequently. One such business/manufacturing strategy that has proved to be successful is Mass Customization. The advantage of MC companies over traditional manufacturing comes with its fair share of challenges. This thesis identifies some important challenges faced by the printing industry, which has adapted MC, and solves one of these challenging problems.
Recommended Citation
Sridharan, Ashwath Raj, "AN APPROACH TO INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN MASS CUSTOMIZED PRINTING PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5445.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5445