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Using bottlenecks to control production inventory

conference contribution
posted on 2002-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bruce GunnBruce Gunn, Saeid Nahavandi
In this paper, we investigate how to best optimise the level of Production Inventory or Work In Progress (WIP) in a factory. Using a simulation model of the factory, we show that a level of inventory can be optimised by controlling the buffer levels of the key bottleneck workcenters. By firstly identifying the key bottlenecks, and then systematically reducing the maximum buffer level for each bottleneck, results show that the throughput does not drop rapidly from it's high levels until the WIP is halved. Conversely, the production lead time decreases rapidly and levels out around the point of the optimum WIP level.

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Title of proceedings

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, ERSA '02 : Las Vegas, Nevada, June 24 - 27, 2002

Event

Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms. Conference (2002 : Las Vegas, Nevada)

Pagination

243 - 246

Publisher

CSREA Press

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada

Place of publication

Athens, Ga

Start date

2002-06-24

End date

2002-06-27

ISBN-13

9781892512963

ISBN-10

1892512963

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Editor/Contributor(s)

T Plaks

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