دانلود مقاله ISI انگلیسی شماره 2629
ترجمه فارسی عنوان مقاله

بررسی تبدیل ذخیره سازی متمرکز به ذخیره سازی غیر متمرکز در محیط های تولید تلفن همراه با استفاده از هزینه یابی بر مبنای فعالیت

عنوان انگلیسی
Evaluation of the conversion from central storage to decentralized storages in cellular manufacturing environments using activity-based costing
کد مقاله سال انتشار تعداد صفحات مقاله انگلیسی
2629 2006 17 صفحه PDF
منبع

Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)

Journal : International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 103, Issue 2, October 2006, Pages 616–632

ترجمه کلمات کلیدی
- تولید تلفن همراه - ذخیره سازی مرکزی - ذخیره سازی غیر متمرکز - هزینه یابی مبتنی بر فعالیت
کلمات کلیدی انگلیسی
Cellular manufacturing,Central storage,Decentralized storages,Activity-based costing,
پیش نمایش مقاله
پیش نمایش مقاله  بررسی تبدیل ذخیره سازی متمرکز به ذخیره سازی غیر متمرکز در محیط های تولید تلفن همراه با استفاده از هزینه یابی بر مبنای فعالیت

چکیده انگلیسی

Most of the production systems, which are arranged according to cellular manufacturing, have still been using central storage sites as a continuation of their past habits and they have been supplying materials and parts to the manufacturing cells from these sites. This both violates the independence of the cells from the entire production system in terms of facilities and prevents the reduction of both materials and parts transportation. The structure with mini-storage facilities, which are located very close to the cells and serve in connection with the cells in a decentralized manner, has many benefits in comparison with the structure of the central storage. However, estimating the economic value of the decentralized approach is not easy because of the difficulties of measuring non-value adding activities. In order to provide decision support for conversion to the decentralized mini-storages, a methodology based on an activity-based costing (ABC) model was developed. The methodology was also evaluated with an example.

مقدمه انگلیسی

Lean Production/Management is needed in order to improve the performance measures for quality, delivery, cost, and moral concurrently (Baudin, 1999). An important component of Lean Production/Management is cellular manufacturing (CM), which has recently become more popular. The basic principle of CM is to divide the production system into sub-systems that are independent and autonomous from each other as much as possible and which reflect the quick and effective work of these sub-systems into the whole production system. For that purpose, CM divides the system into part families and machine groups, and the machine groups constitute the cells. The cells ensure decentralization. The principle of the cells’ independence implies the allocation of the functionally arranged (centralized) machines and facilities into the cells (Vakharia and Wemmerlöv, 1990). From this point of view, central storage facilities prevent the independence of the cells. Therefore, mini-storage facilities that will serve one or more cells need to be established in order to ensure the independence of the cells. In this way, the requirement for central storage will be decreased and it will be possible to remove this structure in the course of time, which is generally the origin of non-value adding activities. Karle (1987) explained a real world implementation of decentralized multiple storages. However, most production systems that use CM are used to facilitate only central storage facilities to supply parts and raw materials to the cells as an extension of their past applications. This results in an intensive material traffic between the cells and the central storage facility. However, since the decentralized mini-storage facilities are located near the cells, this material traffic will be considerably reduced. Storage and material handling are non-value adding activities and occur more frequently in central storage facilities. Moreover, non-value adding activities result in a cost increase of processes and products. For that reason, any effort to eliminate the non-value adding activities will provide benefit to a manufacturing company by decreasing the process and product costs. As these types of activities occur more frequently in central storages than the mini-storages, conversion from central to decentralized storages will be beneficial to the manufacturing company in delivery and cost performances. This is the fundamental reason this subject is worthy of study. However, the influence of storage and material handling activities on the cost of processes and products cannot be determined by using a traditional cost accounting system because these activities are accepted as untraceable or indirect in this system. The overhead cost is allocated to the products on the basis of a certain cost driver, such as the number of direct man-hours consumed. This ignores the significant factors, such as the storage and material handling, in assigning overhead cost to products. For that reason, the traditional cost system results in inaccuracy in determining the actual costs of the processes and products. On the contrary, through the activity-based costing (ABC), we have been able to identify the overhead costs that are traceable to each product and thus derive more accurate cost data (Garrison and Noreen, 1994). Since this paper is mainly focused on the storage and material handling activities in manufacturing systems, ABC is preferred. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology based on the ABC model in order to measure the cost of non-value adding activities for both central and decentralized mini-storage facilities, to observe the differentiation of process cost between the two cases (systems) and to provide a useful approach and decision support for the companies which aim to convert to decentralized mini-storages. This study is unique since the advantages of ABC are utilized in order to estimate the cost differentiation between the central and the decentralized storage systems. However, past academic studies on ABC have not covered this approach. Moreover, in CM literature, the decentralization of support facilities in CM environments has not been studied yet. In addition, the proposed methodology can be usefully applied in real world CM environments.

نتیجه گیری انگلیسی

To conclude, the conversion from central storage to decentralized storages results in a significant decrease in the total cost of storage, material handling and planning and control activities. The fundamental reasons for the cost savings are that the decentralized mini-storage facilities are near the point of usage, they require no storage management's time, less storage personnel effort and less volume. Another reason for the cost saving is the application of the pull system between the cells and the mini-storage facilities, which decreases the number of vehicles for material handling and simplifies the planning and control activity. Moreover, the improved methodology based on the ABC model provides the monthly measurement of material handling and storage costs, keeps track of these costs and comprehends the companies’ cost behaviors. One of the advantages of the suggested method in this paper is that it does not require any high investment, especially in data collection and analysis, and it does not require a serious organizational restructuring. In addition, by evaluating the cost of mini-storage facilities, which have strategic advantages over centralized stores, a considerable decision support is provided. Similar cost-oriented strategic evaluations will ensure that the cost consciousness will become widespread at the whole company and provide a systematic approach for evaluating the different alternatives. In this way, the companies will achieve the creation of new opportunities. For further research, a real application in a manufacturing environment will be useful. The investment decisions, such as the construction of the mini-storage facilities or the conveyors between the mini-storage facilities and the cells, can be made alongside the proposed methodology and an important decision support can be provided, especially for top management.