Using Bucket Brigades to Migrate from Craft Manufacturing to Assembly Lines
One way to organize workers that lies between traditional assembly lines, where workers are specialists, and craft assembly, where workers are generalists, are "bucket brigades." We describe how one firm used bucket brigades as an intermediate strategy to migrate from craft assembly to ass...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | Manufacturing & service operations management 2005-04, Vol.7 (2), p.121-129 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 129 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 2 |
| container_start_page | 121 |
| container_title | Manufacturing & service operations management |
| container_volume | 7 |
| creator | Bartholdi, John J., III Eisenstein, Donald D |
| description | One way to organize workers that lies between traditional assembly lines, where workers are specialists, and craft assembly, where workers are generalists, are "bucket brigades." We describe how one firm used bucket brigades as an intermediate strategy to migrate from craft assembly to assembly lines. The adoption of bucket brigades led to a narrowing of tasks for each worker and thus accelerated learning. The increased production more than compensated for the time lost when workers walk back to get more work, which was significant in this implementation.
To understand the trade-offs in migrating from craft to assembly lines, we extend the standard model of bucket brigades to capture hand-off and walk-back times. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1287/msom.1040.0059 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>gale_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_200666863</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><galeid>A133516466</galeid><sourcerecordid>A133516466</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4319-13f4d4c63ab847d65767be0ddbd0b1757912c619efdabad0c1f88b406971a7623</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFkUFv1DAQhSMEUkvhyjmquGbxxI6dHLcrKBVbcaFny7HHWbebeLGTov33dTYVXCoq68kj63szHr0s-wRkBWUtvvTR9ysgjKwIqZo32TlUJS8q1tRvTzUtGAd2lr2P8Z4QAjUpz7Mfd9ENXX416Qcc86vgOmUw5qPPb10X1Ii5Db7PN0HZMb9Vw2SVHqcwexKzjhH7dn_Mt27A-CF7Z9U-4sfn-yK7-_b11-Z7sf15fbNZbwvNKDQFUMsM05yqtmbC8Epw0SIxpjWkBVGJBkrNoUFrVKsM0WDrumWENwKU4CW9yC6Xvofgf08YR3nvpzCkkbIkhHNec5qgYoE6tUfpBuvHoHSHAwa19wNal57XQGkFnHGe-NULfDoGe6f_Z9DBxxjQykNwvQpHCUTOgcg5EDkHIudAkuFmMQQ8oP5Lu6H34YQ-SqpE0jEpLVKly81l0iEJSkh9G7kb-3_bzR9N7tdnf174net2f1xYNpyNJ1DIMtmAPgGN9LHX</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>200666863</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Using Bucket Brigades to Migrate from Craft Manufacturing to Assembly Lines</title><source>RePEc</source><source>INFORMS PubsOnLine</source><source>Business Source Complete</source><creator>Bartholdi, John J., III ; Eisenstein, Donald D</creator><creatorcontrib>Bartholdi, John J., III ; Eisenstein, Donald D</creatorcontrib><description>One way to organize workers that lies between traditional assembly lines, where workers are specialists, and craft assembly, where workers are generalists, are "bucket brigades." We describe how one firm used bucket brigades as an intermediate strategy to migrate from craft assembly to assembly lines. The adoption of bucket brigades led to a narrowing of tasks for each worker and thus accelerated learning. The increased production more than compensated for the time lost when workers walk back to get more work, which was significant in this implementation.
To understand the trade-offs in migrating from craft to assembly lines, we extend the standard model of bucket brigades to capture hand-off and walk-back times.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1523-4614</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1526-5498</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1287/msom.1040.0059</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Linthicum: INFORMS</publisher><subject>assembly line ; Assembly lines ; Assembly-line balancing ; bucket brigades ; dynamical system ; Dynamical systems ; Job sharing ; Manufacturing industry ; Operations management ; Production management ; self-organizing system ; Studies ; work sharing ; Workers</subject><ispartof>Manufacturing & service operations management, 2005-04, Vol.7 (2), p.121-129</ispartof><rights>COPYRIGHT 2005 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences</rights><rights>Copyright Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Spring 2005</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4319-13f4d4c63ab847d65767be0ddbd0b1757912c619efdabad0c1f88b406971a7623</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4319-13f4d4c63ab847d65767be0ddbd0b1757912c619efdabad0c1f88b406971a7623</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/msom.1040.0059$$EHTML$$P50$$Ginforms$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,777,781,3679,3994,27905,27906,62595</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttp://econpapers.repec.org/article/inmormsom/v_3a7_3ay_3a2005_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a121-129.htm$$DView record in RePEc$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Bartholdi, John J., III</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Eisenstein, Donald D</creatorcontrib><title>Using Bucket Brigades to Migrate from Craft Manufacturing to Assembly Lines</title><title>Manufacturing & service operations management</title><description>One way to organize workers that lies between traditional assembly lines, where workers are specialists, and craft assembly, where workers are generalists, are "bucket brigades." We describe how one firm used bucket brigades as an intermediate strategy to migrate from craft assembly to assembly lines. The adoption of bucket brigades led to a narrowing of tasks for each worker and thus accelerated learning. The increased production more than compensated for the time lost when workers walk back to get more work, which was significant in this implementation.
To understand the trade-offs in migrating from craft to assembly lines, we extend the standard model of bucket brigades to capture hand-off and walk-back times.</description><subject>assembly line</subject><subject>Assembly lines</subject><subject>Assembly-line balancing</subject><subject>bucket brigades</subject><subject>dynamical system</subject><subject>Dynamical systems</subject><subject>Job sharing</subject><subject>Manufacturing industry</subject><subject>Operations management</subject><subject>Production management</subject><subject>self-organizing system</subject><subject>Studies</subject><subject>work sharing</subject><subject>Workers</subject><issn>1523-4614</issn><issn>1526-5498</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2005</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>X2L</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><recordid>eNqFkUFv1DAQhSMEUkvhyjmquGbxxI6dHLcrKBVbcaFny7HHWbebeLGTov33dTYVXCoq68kj63szHr0s-wRkBWUtvvTR9ysgjKwIqZo32TlUJS8q1tRvTzUtGAd2lr2P8Z4QAjUpz7Mfd9ENXX416Qcc86vgOmUw5qPPb10X1Ii5Db7PN0HZMb9Vw2SVHqcwexKzjhH7dn_Mt27A-CF7Z9U-4sfn-yK7-_b11-Z7sf15fbNZbwvNKDQFUMsM05yqtmbC8Epw0SIxpjWkBVGJBkrNoUFrVKsM0WDrumWENwKU4CW9yC6Xvofgf08YR3nvpzCkkbIkhHNec5qgYoE6tUfpBuvHoHSHAwa19wNal57XQGkFnHGe-NULfDoGe6f_Z9DBxxjQykNwvQpHCUTOgcg5EDkHIudAkuFmMQQ8oP5Lu6H34YQ-SqpE0jEpLVKly81l0iEJSkh9G7kb-3_bzR9N7tdnf174net2f1xYNpyNJ1DIMtmAPgGN9LHX</recordid><startdate>20050401</startdate><enddate>20050401</enddate><creator>Bartholdi, John J., III</creator><creator>Eisenstein, Donald D</creator><general>INFORMS</general><general>Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences</general><scope>DKI</scope><scope>X2L</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7WY</scope><scope>7WZ</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>87Z</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8FL</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BEZIV</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FRNLG</scope><scope>F~G</scope><scope>K60</scope><scope>K6~</scope><scope>L.-</scope><scope>M0C</scope><scope>PQBIZ</scope><scope>PQBZA</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PYYUZ</scope><scope>Q9U</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20050401</creationdate><title>Using Bucket Brigades to Migrate from Craft Manufacturing to Assembly Lines</title><author>Bartholdi, John J., III ; Eisenstein, Donald D</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c4319-13f4d4c63ab847d65767be0ddbd0b1757912c619efdabad0c1f88b406971a7623</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2005</creationdate><topic>assembly line</topic><topic>Assembly lines</topic><topic>Assembly-line balancing</topic><topic>bucket brigades</topic><topic>dynamical system</topic><topic>Dynamical systems</topic><topic>Job sharing</topic><topic>Manufacturing industry</topic><topic>Operations management</topic><topic>Production management</topic><topic>self-organizing system</topic><topic>Studies</topic><topic>work sharing</topic><topic>Workers</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Bartholdi, John J., III</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Eisenstein, Donald D</creatorcontrib><collection>RePEc IDEAS</collection><collection>RePEc</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (PDF only)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global</collection><collection>ProQuest One Business</collection><collection>ProQuest One Business (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection China</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><jtitle>Manufacturing & service operations management</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Bartholdi, John J., III</au><au>Eisenstein, Donald D</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Using Bucket Brigades to Migrate from Craft Manufacturing to Assembly Lines</atitle><jtitle>Manufacturing & service operations management</jtitle><date>2005-04-01</date><risdate>2005</risdate><volume>7</volume><issue>2</issue><spage>121</spage><epage>129</epage><pages>121-129</pages><issn>1523-4614</issn><eissn>1526-5498</eissn><abstract>One way to organize workers that lies between traditional assembly lines, where workers are specialists, and craft assembly, where workers are generalists, are "bucket brigades." We describe how one firm used bucket brigades as an intermediate strategy to migrate from craft assembly to assembly lines. The adoption of bucket brigades led to a narrowing of tasks for each worker and thus accelerated learning. The increased production more than compensated for the time lost when workers walk back to get more work, which was significant in this implementation.
To understand the trade-offs in migrating from craft to assembly lines, we extend the standard model of bucket brigades to capture hand-off and walk-back times.</abstract><cop>Linthicum</cop><pub>INFORMS</pub><doi>10.1287/msom.1040.0059</doi><tpages>9</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 1523-4614 |
| ispartof | Manufacturing & service operations management, 2005-04, Vol.7 (2), p.121-129 |
| issn | 1523-4614 1526-5498 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_journals_200666863 |
| source | RePEc; INFORMS PubsOnLine; Business Source Complete |
| subjects | assembly line Assembly lines Assembly-line balancing bucket brigades dynamical system Dynamical systems Job sharing Manufacturing industry Operations management Production management self-organizing system Studies work sharing Workers |
| title | Using Bucket Brigades to Migrate from Craft Manufacturing to Assembly Lines |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-20T20%3A07%3A14IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-gale_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Using%20Bucket%20Brigades%20to%20Migrate%20from%20Craft%20Manufacturing%20to%20Assembly%20Lines&rft.jtitle=Manufacturing%20&%20service%20operations%20management&rft.au=Bartholdi,%20John%20J.,%20III&rft.date=2005-04-01&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=121&rft.epage=129&rft.pages=121-129&rft.issn=1523-4614&rft.eissn=1526-5498&rft_id=info:doi/10.1287/msom.1040.0059&rft_dat=%3Cgale_proqu%3EA133516466%3C/gale_proqu%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=200666863&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_galeid=A133516466&rfr_iscdi=true |