A simple lot-scheduling model for just-in-time manufacturing

A simple lot-scheduling model for just-in-time manufacturing

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Article ID: iaor1996818
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 33
Issue: 11
Start Page Number: 3143
End Page Number: 3161
Publication Date: Nov 1995
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: scheduling
Abstract:

In this paper the authors consider a single capacitated facility dedicated to the manufacturing of a set of sub-assemblies in a just-in-time (JIT) environment. The items processed on this bottleneck facility flow to a downstream assembly facility, where they are assembled according to a specified mix. The authors develop a simple and efficient lot-scheduling heuristic that generates feasible and least-cost manufacturing schedules for the bottleneck facility. The present heuristic was shown, through an extensive empirical comparison, to have significant advantages over an earlier proposed heuristic in the JIT literature in terms of cost performance and computational efficiency. Moreover, the results of the comparison revealed that the heuristic is more consistent with JIT objectives since it tends to generate manufacturing schedules with shorter production cycle times and fewer assemblies.

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