Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines
A new algorithm is developed for setting WIP level in production lines. It is a pull policy that determines when to authorize a job to be processed. Dynamic information in the system such as machine failures and repairs, and demand variations are taken into consideration to provide an efficient me...
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| author | Yang, R.L. Subramaniam, Velusamy Gershwin, Stanley B. |
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| description | A new algorithm is developed for setting WIP level in production lines. It is a pull policy that determines when to authorize a job to be processed. Dynamic information in the system such as machine failures and repairs, and demand variations are taken into consideration to provide an efficient method to dynamically determine the WIP level. Two types of production lines are examined in this paper. The first is production lines which have few random interruptions and the second production line is exposed to frequent interruptions. Experiment results from these two types of production lines illustrate that the new algorithm generates higher service level with lower WIP compared to the CONWIP policy. In addition, the superiority of the new algorithm is more significant when the production line is exposed to frequent random interruptions. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/298332019-04-12T07:24:10Z Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines Yang, R.L. Subramaniam, Velusamy Gershwin, Stanley B. WIP Production line service level A new algorithm is developed for setting WIP level in production lines. It is a pull policy that determines when to authorize a job to be processed. Dynamic information in the system such as machine failures and repairs, and demand variations are taken into consideration to provide an efficient method to dynamically determine the WIP level. Two types of production lines are examined in this paper. The first is production lines which have few random interruptions and the second production line is exposed to frequent interruptions. Experiment results from these two types of production lines illustrate that the new algorithm generates higher service level with lower WIP compared to the CONWIP policy. In addition, the superiority of the new algorithm is more significant when the production line is exposed to frequent random interruptions. Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) 2005-12-13T17:40:09Z 2005-12-13T17:40:09Z 2006-01 Article http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29833 en Innovation in Manufacturing Systems and Technology (IMST) 128817 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | WIP Production line service level Yang, R.L. Subramaniam, Velusamy Gershwin, Stanley B. Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines |
| title | Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines |
| title_full | Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines |
| title_fullStr | Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines |
| title_short | Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines |
| title_sort | setting real time wip levels in production lines |
| topic | WIP Production line service level |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29833 |
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