Influencing factors of synchronization in manufacturing systems. Issue 14 (18th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chankov, Stanislav; Hütt, Marc-Thorsten; Bendul, Julia
• Is Part Of: International journal of production research. Volume 56:Issue 14(2018)
• Page Start: 4781
• Page End: 4801
• Publication Date: 2018-07-18
• Subjects: dynamics -- production system -- discrete-event simulation -- due date performance -- production planning and control -- manufacturing system design; Factory management -- Periodicals; 658.57
• DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1400707
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7543

Abstract

Abstract : Manufacturing systems exhibit two types of synchronisation phenomena: logistics and physics. Previous research has established synchronisation measures for both types and has shown that they are related to the due date performance. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the factors triggering synchronisation emergence as well as a holistic understanding of synchronisation effects on logistics performance. Thus, this research aims to further explore the relation between synchronisation, its influencing factors and its effect on logistics performance. Based on a profound literature review, we derive first hypotheses on the cause-and-effect-relationships between structural and dynamic properties of a manufacturing system and the emergence of logistics and physics synchronisation as well as logistics performance. By conducting a discrete-event simulation study on diverse manufacturing system types (line, flow shop and job shop production), we are able to test these hypotheses. We conclude that manufacturing network architecture as a structural property as well as processing time variability and system workload as dynamic properties may be exploited for an advanced and synchronisation-oriented manufacturing system design.