Article ID: | iaor20041516 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 41 |
Issue: | 14 |
Start Page Number: | 3257 |
End Page Number: | 3271 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Matsui M., Nakada Y. |
Keywords: | job shop |
A macro-level (or economic) model of a job-shop is proposed and developed for periodic and dynamic types. A strategic management/design approach is discussed by applying the two-stage design method. It gives the problem of setting the economic leadtime in the respective models. The existence of economic leadtime is ascertained numerically, and a design comparison of a periodic versus a semidynamic type is given. The pair-matrix table consisting of economics and reliability elements is then given for summary, and a strategy for demand-to-supply management is discussed on ellipse shape. Finally, a real solution is introduced and the validity of modelling shown.