Design of a suitable production management system for a manufacturing company

Design of a suitable production management system for a manufacturing company

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Article ID: iaor20031376
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 42
Issue: 2/4
Start Page Number: 169
End Page Number: 174
Publication Date: Mar 2002
Journal: Computers & Industrial Engineering
Authors: , ,
Abstract:

This paper reports on the design of a suitable production management system (PMS) for a manufacturing company, located in Western Australia. The company was experiencing problems in scheduling and plant layout leading to further problems in materials flow, labour control, inventory and purchasing, material handling system, and production space. Group technology (GT) was used to design a new plant layout. A GT algorithm was developed to minimise machine duplications. A Kanban system was designed to assist execution of scheduling based on a pull system. The design was tested by simulation using actual data collected on existing operations.

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