Optimal design of a hybrid push/pull serial manufacturing system with multiple part types

Optimal design of a hybrid push/pull serial manufacturing system with multiple part types

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Article ID: iaor2009204
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 46
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 949
End Page Number: 965
Publication Date: Jan 2008
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: simulation: applications, heuristics: genetic algorithms
Abstract:

The objective of this research is to investigate the possibility of integrating Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP)/push and Just in Time (JIT)/pull strategies in a multiproduct multistage serial manufacturing system. Each workstation is able to undertake different operations and so to produce more than one type of in-process item. A modified version of a horizontally integrated hybrid push/pull production system is developed. The system can be optimized by locating points of integration, and determining the optimal values of safety stocks for the push part and numbers of Kanbans for the pull part. A modification of genetic algorithm chromosomes and crossover procedures is developed for the optimization. The optimization involves evaluations of stochastic performance measures by a discrete event simulation model.

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