Performance management in flexible manufacturing systems

Performance management in flexible manufacturing systems

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Article ID: iaor1994533
Country: United States
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 17
End Page Number: 50
Publication Date: Aug 1991
Journal: International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Authors: , ,
Abstract:

This article treats several performance management decision problems in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). This work differs from a number of other studies in that the authors allow the processing rates at the machines to be varied, and the system has to meet a given throughput goal per unit time. The managerial decision options modeled here include part routing and allocation of tasks to machines, work-in-progress (WIP) levels, capacity expansions, tool-type selection, the setting of throughput goals, and multiperiod production planning. The authors discuss and explain the insights and implications, partly nonintuitive, gained from the present investigations. Finally, extensive numerical evaluations are included to illustrate the economic and performance impact of the various performance management alternatives. These results demonstrate that substantial economic benefits can be achieved by careful tuning of the FMS operational parameters.

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