LEVEL SCHEDULES FOR MIXED-MODEL, JUST-IN-TIME PROCESSES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: STEINER, G; YEOMANS, S
• 刊物名称: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0025-1909
• DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.39.6.728
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 728-735
• 关键词: JUST-IN-TIME SYSTEMS; SMOOTH SCHEDULES; MATCHING IN BIPARTITE GRAPHS

摘要

A mixed-model manufacturing facility running under a Just-in-Time (JIT) production system is controlled by setting the production sequence of the final assembly process. This sequence is set to achieve the primary goal of an organization operating under a JIT system, which is to maintain a constant rate of part usage. In this paper, a graph-theoretic approach is used to determine an optimal solution for this goal for a new, nonconvex objective function. Furthermore, it is shown that a schedule always exists such that, at all times, the deviation of actual production from the desired level of production for every product is never more than one unit.