Abstract
The problem of determining part delivery dates in a low-volume assembly line manufacturing large and costly products is studied. At each workstation a part is assembled to the subassembly. These parts are supplied by external vendors with unreliable delivery schedules. The arrival date of a part is assumed to follow a normal distribution whose mean is to be specified. A dynamic programming approach in combination with a heuristic procedure is used to prescribe the vendor delivery dates for a batch of products. Simulation results show the procedure to be significantly superior to a deterministic approach to the problem. Comparisons are also made with a safety buffer method.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 4-11 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers) |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1988 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering