Performance Trade-offs in Mixed-model S-line and U-line Balance Designs

摘要：

Mixed-model production lines provide operating efficiencies to meet todays market requirements of low cost and high customization. In this research we will evaluate the performance of mixed model S-shaped Ushaped lines in terms of efficiency and inventory requirements. A discrete-event simulation software, Promodel, will be used to simulate several mixed-model Ushaped lines under varying operating conditions. The results indicate that U-line performed better in terms of output compared to S-lines. However, the work-in-process inventory level is higher for all the U-line configurations compared to the corresponding S-line configurations. We found that the Sum of Cycle time Violation (SCV) objective function has only a limited prediction power, indicated by a correlation of -0.58 with the throughput performance.

关键词： Mixed Model Lines S and U Line Balancing Cellular Manufacturing

作者: Peter Pinto Yunsook Hong John K.Visich Basheer Khumawala

作者单位: Management Department Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA Decision and Information Sciences DepartmentUniversity of Houston, Houston, TX, USA Decision and Information Sciences Department University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The Fourth International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management(第四届运营与供应链管理国际会议 ICOSCM 2010)

会议地点: 香港·广州

会议语种:英文

页码: 435-438

在线出版日期: 2010-07-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）