Evaluating capacity management tactics for a legacy manufacturing plant

Evaluating capacity management tactics for a legacy manufacturing plant

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Article ID: iaor201525371
Volume: 65
Issue: 9
Start Page Number: 1361
End Page Number: 1370
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Authors: , ,
Keywords: optimization
Abstract:

Robust capacity improvement tactics, namely acquisition of assets and enhanced flexibility in product manufacturing, that alleviate mismatches between required and available capacity are revealed by data analytics. Improvement brought about by these tactics as measured by two performance metrics, production makespan and product availability, is assessed using optimization methodology. This paper demonstrates the value of analysing demand and product specification data to inform capacity re‐calibration in an S&P 500 company in the chemical industry. The tactic recommended for implementation, which yielded up to a doubling of the capacity, emerged from an empirical analysis of data for five prototypical planning periods.

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