Article ID: | iaor20133537 |
Volume: | 144 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 44 |
End Page Number: | 56 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
Authors: | Kim Ilhyung, Zhang Zhe George, Yu Yugang, Cai Gangshu (George), Springer Mark |
Keywords: | demand, queues: applications, programming: dynamic, search, production: FMS |
It has become increasingly common for companies to offer make‐to‐stock (MTS) and make‐to‐order (MTO) versions of the same product through different sales channels. To satisfy these two distinct demand streams, one strategy is to produce both the MTS and MTO items in a single ‘hybrid’ facility partially comprised of flexible servers or machines. We develop a multi‐server queueing model of this system, where a subset of the servers or machines is