A machine learning approach for implementing data-driven production control policies

Siamak Khayyati and Barış Tan

International Journal of Production Research, 2022, vol. 60, issue 10, 3107-3128

Abstract: Given the extensive data being collected in manufacturing systems, there is a need for developing a systematic method to implement data-driven production control policies. For an effective implementation, first, the relevant information sources must be selected. Then, a control policy that uses the real-time signals collected from these sources must be implemented. We analyse the production control policy implementation problem in three levels: choosing the information sources, forming clusters of information signals to be used by the policy and determining the optimal policy parameters. Due to the search-space size, a machine-learning-based framework is proposed. Using machine learning speeds up optimisation and allows utilising the collected data with simulation. Through two experiments, we show the effectiveness of this approach. In the first experiment, the problem of selecting the right machines and buffers for controlling the release of materials in a production/inventory system is considered. In the second experiment, the best dispatching policy based on the selected information sources is identified. We show that selecting the right information sources and controlling a production system based on the real-time signals from the selected sources with the right policy improve the system performance significantly. Furthermore, the proposed machine learning framework facilitates this task effectively.

Date: 2022
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