Production planning for a ramp-up process in a multi-stage production system with worker learning and growth in demand. Issue 19 (2nd October 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Production planning for a ramp-up process in a multi-stage production system with worker learning and growth in demand. Issue 19 (2nd October 2021)
- Main Title:
- Production planning for a ramp-up process in a multi-stage production system with worker learning and growth in demand
- Authors:
- Kim, Taebok
Glock, Christoph H.
Emde, Simon - Abstract:
- Abstract : In a response to changes in customer requirements and environmental dynamics, product lifecycles have become shorter and shorter over the last decades. As a result, production ramp-ups have become more frequent in many industries, and they now often account for a significant share of the entire product lifecycle. Due to the prominent role production ramp-ups play in the lifecycle of a product, efficient production ramp-ups are now an important determinant of business success. This work proposes a mathematical model for managing production ramp-ups in a serial multi-stage production system. In the scenario considered here, both the productivity of workers and demand increase over time until a steady-state phase is reached at the end of the ramp-up. The model proposed in this paper supports the assignment of workers to the different stages of the production system and the balancing of production and demand to ensure a smooth transition from the production ramp-up to steady-state production. The model is analysed in numerical experiments to illustrate its potential for managing the production ramp-up. Our experiments show that high learning rates can have drawbacks in terms of large inventories if learning is not aligned with demand growth and across production stages.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of production research. Volume 59:Issue 19(2021)
- Journal:
- International journal of production research
- Issue:
- Volume 59:Issue 19(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 59, Issue 19 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 19
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0059-0019-0000
- Page Start:
- 6002
- Page End:
- 6021
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10-02
- Subjects:
- Production ramp-up -- multi-stage production system -- learning effect -- demand growth
Factory management -- Periodicals
658.57 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tprs20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/00207543.2020.1798034 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0020-7543
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