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Title: QRM and POLCA: A Winning Combination for Manufacturing Enterprises in the 21st Century PDF
Url: https://qrm.engr.wisc.edu/documents/qrm-and-polca-a-winning-combinatio...
Creator: Suri, Rajan
Publisher: University of Wisconsin--Madison
Description: This article gives an overview of the QRM strategy, which focuses on lead time reduction throughout the enterprise. The authors also explain why lean manufacturing strategies of flow, takt time and pull don't work well for these markets where customized products are in high demand, and why QRM has greater competitive potential.

Next the authors describe POLCA, a material-control system to be used as part of QRM. Again, we show why a kanban system (used in lean manufacturing for material control) is not appropriate for such markets. POLCA provides an effective method to support both manufacturing and material control for companies producing custom products. The combination of QRM and POLCA will provide companies with significant competitive advantage through their ability to quickly deliver customized products. Take a quiz to determine your management strategy.

Today's CAD/CAM technology gives us the ability to customize products without incurring high additional costs. Customer demands for personalized products, combined with Internet-based individualized ordering capabilities, means increasing demand for customized products.

Then after placing their orders, both OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and end users expect these products to be delivered quickly. Although lean manufacturing techniques can be powerful in certain situations, it has several drawbacks for companies making a large variety of products with variable demand or companies making highly engineered products. Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) can be a more effective competitive strategy for companies targeting such markets.

This paper is a revised and updated version of Quick Response Manufacturing: A Competitive Strategy for the 21st Century by the same author. It contains new results on the impact of QRM strategy as well as updated references to recent case studies on the application of QRM at various companies.
LC Classification: Technology -- Manufactures -- Production management. Operations management -- Control of production systems
Technology -- Manufactures -- Production management. Operations management -- Data processing. CAD/CAM systems -- Computer integrated manufacturing systems
Technology -- Manufactures -- Production management. Operations management -- Manufacturing engineering. Process engineering
GEM Subject: Science -- Engineering
Science -- Technology
Vocational Education -- Trade and industrial
Key Concept: Mechanical engineering -- Computer-aided design (CAD)
Mechanical engineering -- Machine design
Date Issued: 2003
Resource Type: Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual
Format: Document -- PDF
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Rights: Rajan Suri
Access Rights: Free access
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Source: National Center for Manufacturing Education
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