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THE MEASUREMENT AND OPERATING BENEFITS OF COMPONENT PART COMMONALITY
Author(s) -
Collier David A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1981.tb00063.x
Subject(s) - component (thermodynamics) , index (typography) , product (mathematics) , degree (music) , computer science , standardization , reliability engineering , measure (data warehouse) , industrial engineering , operations research , mathematics , data mining , engineering , physics , geometry , world wide web , acoustics , thermodynamics , operating system
The product structure is a key input to a material requirements planning system. Yet, the effect of alternate product structure designs on system performance is not well understood. Analytical measures are needed to accurately relate product‐structure characteristics to total cost and delivery performance. A new analytical measure of product structure called the degree of commonality index is defined in this paper. The degree of commonality index can be applied to single end items, product families, entire product lines, or to any level of product structure. This study suggests that component part commonality, as measured by the degree of commonality index, has a significant effect on system performance. For example, company standardization programs that increase the degree of component part commonality result in manufacturing cost reductions. The degree of commonality index provides a way to directly relate the degree of component part commonality to various dependent variables such as total cost, work center load, and delivery performance.