A data-driven approach to multi-product production network planning

Rayan Saleem M. Omar, Uday Venkatadri, Claver Diallo and Sakher Mrishih

International Journal of Production Research, 2017, vol. 55, issue 23, 7110-7134

Abstract: The clearing function models the non-linear relationship between work-in-process and throughput and has been proposed for production planning in environments with queuing (congestion) effects. One approach in multi-product, multi-stage environments has been to model the clearing function at the bottleneck machine only. However, since the bottleneck shifts as the product release mix changes, this approach has its limitations. The other approach is the Alternative Clearing Function formulation, where the clearing function is first estimated at the resource level using piecewise linear regression from simulation experiments, and then embedded into a linear programme. This paper develops an alternative to the Allocated Clearing Function formulation, wherein system throughput is estimated at discrete work-in-process points. A mixed integer programming formulation is then presented to use these throughput estimates for discrete release choices. The strength of the formulation is illustrated with a numerical example and the new approach is compared with the ACF.

Date: 2017
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