Does the Autonomation Policy Really Help in a Smart Production System for Controlling Defective Production?

Mitali Sarkar, Li Pan, Bikash Koli Dey and Biswajit Sarkar
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Mitali Sarkar: Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea
Li Pan: Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hanyang University, Gyeonggi-do, Ansan 15588, Korea
Bikash Koli Dey: Department of Industrial Engineering, Hongik University, 72-1 Mapo-Gu, Sangsu-Dong, Seoul 04066, Korea
Biswajit Sarkar: Department of Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Sinchon-dong, Seadaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 7, 1-21

Abstract: This study explains about a serial smart production system where a single-type of product is produced. This system uses an unequally sized batch policy in subsequent stages. The setup cost is not always deterministic, it can be controllable and reduced by increasing the capital investment cost, and that the production rates in the system may vary within given limits across batches of shipments. Furthermore, as imperfect items are produced in long-run system, to clean the imperfectness autonomation policy is adopted for inspection, which make the process smarter. The shipment lot sizes of the deliveries are unequal and variable. In long-run production system, defective items are produced in “ out-of-control ” state. In this model, the defect rate is random with a uniform distribution which is clean from the system by autonomation. In addition, in the remanufacturing process, it is assuming that all defective products are repaired, and no defective products are scrapped. The main theme of developing this model is to determine the number of shipments and the optimal production lot size to adjust the production rates and decrease the total system cost under a reduced setup cost by considering the discrete investment and make a serial smart production system. A solution procedure along with an advanced algorithm was proposed for solving the model. Numerical examples with some graphical representations are provided to validate the model.

Keywords: smart production; marketing; random defective rate; controllable production rate; autonomation policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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