Meta-analysis of performance: summarizing research for Implementation of reconfigurability

The aim of this study is to identify the conditions of implementation for reconfigurability in summarizing past flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) research by drawing overall conclusions from many separate High Performance Manufacturing (HPM) studies. Meta-analysis will be applied to links between...

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Authors: Ortega Jiménez, César Humberto, Eguía Salinas, Ignacio, Garrido-Vega, Pedro, Machuca, José A.D.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/70634
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/70634
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:FMS (flexible manufacturing system)
HPM (high performance manufacturing)
reconfigurability
RMS (reconfigurable manufacturing system)
responsiveness
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Summary:The aim of this study is to identify the conditions of implementation for reconfigurability in summarizing past flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) research by drawing overall conclusions from many separate High Performance Manufacturing (HPM) studies. Meta-analysis will be applied to links between HPM programs and their practices related to FMS and manufacturing performance with particular reference to responsiveness performance. More specifically, an application of meta-analysis will be made with reference to two of the main steps towards the development of an empirically-tested theory: testing the adequacy of the measurement of variables and testing the linkages between the variables.