Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems

ISBN-13: 9784431551966 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 105 str.

Yacob Khojasteh

Opis

Selecting a suitable production control policy is a challenging task for managers becausethe superiority of one control over the other is controversial. This book analyzespull production systems and provides a guideline to choose and implement a propercontrol policy in production processes. By employing a proper control policy themaximum possible throughput of the production system can be achieved with theminimum work-in-process inventory. Kanban, CONWIP, and base-stock as wellknownpull control policies are analyzed and analytical comparisons among themin multistage serial and assembly production processes are presented. Illustrated bycarefully chosen examples and supported by analytical solutions, discussions providedin the book clarify the complexity of the comparisons that show there is no general superiorityamong the control systems. Th e book explains which structural parametersdecide the superiority of one control scheme to the others, and how they are related.Given a confi guration of parameters, such as processing times and number of cardsemployed in the system, the superior control policy can be selected.
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Spis treści

Introduction (Pull and Push Systems, Just-in-Time Systems, Need for Control Systems in a Pull Context).- Unified View of Pull Production Systems.- The Magic of Pull Production Systems.- A Unified Framework for Production Control Systems.- Analysis of Control Systems in Serial Production Lines.- Analysis of Control Systems in Assembly Production Systems.- Conclusions.- Appendix.

O autorze

Dr. Yacob Khojasteh is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also received his M.Sc. in policy and planning sciences, and in industrial engineering from the University of Tsukuba, and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively. He has over six years of professional experience in industry and consulting. His research interests include production and operations management, supply chain management, logistics and warehousing, systems modeling and optimization, and lean production systems.