DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTION CAPACITY UTILISATION AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AT RAILWAY ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23719656Abstract
Based on official data, the article assesses capacity utilisation at railway engineering enterprises in Uzbekistan and substantiates directions for improving resource efficiency. It finds that capacity utilisation for new freight wagon production was approximately 40% in 2023–2025, while the 2026–2030 programme will require full utilisation even after a 1.5-fold increase in capacity. Demand for passenger coaches exceeds the achieved production rate by 43%. A system of resource efficiency indicators and a set of measures integrating lean production, the theory of constraints, energy management and supplier cooperation are proposed.Keywords
railway engineering, production capacity, capacity utilisation, resource efficiency, lean production, bottleneck, cooperationReferences
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