Production Control to Reduce Starvation in a Partially Flexible Production-Inventory System

被引:23
作者
Zhao, Cong [1 ,2 ]
Kang, Ningxuan [1 ,3 ]
Li, Jingshan [1 ]
Horst, John A. [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin Madison, Dept Ind & Syst Engn, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[2] NextEV, San Jose, CA 95134 USA
[3] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Ind Engn, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[4] NIST, Engn Lab, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Door manufacturing line; multiple products; partially flexible production-inventory systems; production control; MULTIPRODUCT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; DEPENDENT SETUP TIMES; SPLIT-AND-MERGE; SCHEDULING POLICIES; LOST SALES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; UNRELIABLE MACHINES; THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS; KANBAN SYSTEMS; FINITE BUFFERS;
D O I
10.1109/TAC.2017.2717940
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
In this paper, we study production control problems in a partially flexible production-inventory system. In such a system, the upstream flexible production subsystem can make two different products, with nonnegligible setup time during changeover. The downstream inflexible production subsystem consists of two manufacturing facilities, with each dedicated to one product type only. The two production subsystems are connected by two dedicated buffers, which comprise the inventory subsystem. Using a renewal model, an optimal control policy is developed to switch products by predefined thresholds for inventory levels to minimize starvation (idle) time of downstream productions. Closed formulas are derived, and sensitivity analyses with respect to setup time change, machine reliability variation, and demand fluctuation are carried out. Finally, an application study in a door manufacturing line at an automotive assembly plant making two distinct types of doors is introduced.
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页码:477 / 491
页数:15
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