Performance evaluation of a multi-product CONWIP assembly system with correlated external demands

Chan-Woo Park and Hyo-Seong Lee

International Journal of Production Economics, 2013, vol. 144, issue 1, 334-344

Abstract: We study a multi-product assembly production system in which individual components are made to meet various order types. We assume that orders arrive according to a Poisson process, but there is a fixed probability that an order requests a particular kit of different components. Under the CONWIP control mechanism, each component is produced by a flow line with several stations. To analyze this system, we develop an approximation algorithm based on a decomposition method. In the algorithm, a product-form approximation technique as well as a matrix-geometric method is used. Numerical results show that the accuracy of the approximation method is acceptable.

Keywords: CONWIP system; Multi-product production system; Queueing network; Product-form approximation method; Performance analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.02.021

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