A simulation based approach to analyse the effects of job release on the performance of a multi-stage job-shop with processing flexibility

Baykasoglu A., Gocken M.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, cilt.49, sa.2, ss.585-610, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00207540903479778
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.585-610
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: production planning and control, workload control, simulation, job release, DUE-DATE ASSIGNMENT, ORDER ACCEPTANCE, WORKLOAD CONTROL, AGGREGATE, STRATEGIES, RULES, TIMES
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Workload control concepts are advocated as one of the new production planning and control methods. In its elaborated form, workload control includes three major decision levels: job entry, job release and priority dispatching. In each decision level, several decision points which have significant impact on the effectiveness of the production planning and control are defined (i.e., acceptance/rejection, due date assignment, etc.). Workload control systems should consider all of these decision points simultaneously in order to improve the effectiveness of production planning and control. In addition to these decision levels, flexibility of the shop can also be included as the fourth decision level which allows the shop capacity to be adjusted as new orders enter the system and as they are released to the shop floor. In this study, simulation models which enable the effect of each decision level within a workload control concept to be explored are developed and tested. The results reveal that simultaneous consideration of decision levels is critical and can improve the effectiveness of production planning and control.