Impact of product structure on order review/evaluation procedures

Purpose – To investigate the impact of number of components (NC) and component commonality (CC) (i.e. product structure characteristics) on the effectiveness of component reservation methods and partial order releases (i.e. order review and evaluation (ORE) procedures).Design/methodology/approach – Simulation experiments were conducted using a multistage production‐inventory system with MRP for planning. The results were analyzed using analysis of variance.Findings – The results indicate that: in the presence of component availability problems, partial order release is a more effective ORE procedure than component reservation; product structure characteristics should be considered when selecting partial order release proportions; and high levels of shop congestion (SC) mitigate the influence of ORE procedures, regardless of product structure characteristics.Research limitations/implications – This study used fixed lot sizes and two factors to characterize product structures (NC and CC). Thus, studies that...

[1]  Vincent A. Mabert,et al.  Alternate Routing Strategies in Batch Manufacturing: An Evaluation , 1988 .

[2]  Kum Khiong Yang,et al.  Effects of Product Structure Complexity on Multi-Level Lot Sizing , 1993 .

[3]  Kenneth R. Baker,et al.  The effects of input control in a simple scheduling model , 1984 .

[4]  Sameer Kumar,et al.  Has MRP run its course? A review of contemporary developments in planning systems , 2002, Ind. Manag. Data Syst..

[5]  Jc Johan Wortmann,et al.  Production Activity Control , 1997 .

[6]  W. C. Benton,et al.  PRODUCT STRUCTURE COMPLEXITY AND MULTILEVEL LOT SIZING USING ALTERNATIVE COSTING POLICIES , 1985 .

[7]  Bart L. MacCarthy,et al.  A procedure for establishing a reference state in qualitative simulation of operational systems , 2002, Ind. Manag. Data Syst..

[8]  Chung-Hsing Yeh,et al.  A customer-focused planning approach to make-to-order production , 2000, Ind. Manag. Data Syst..

[9]  Bernard W. Taylor,et al.  AN EVALUATION OF SEQUENCING RULES FOR AN ASSEMBLY SHOP , 1985 .

[10]  K. R. Baker,et al.  The Effect of Commonality on Safety Stock in a Simple Inventory Model , 1986 .

[11]  David A. Collier,et al.  THE MEASUREMENT AND OPERATING BENEFITS OF COMPONENT PART COMMONALITY , 1981 .

[12]  D. J. Bragg.  The effects of partial order release and component reservation on inventory and customer service performance in an MRP environment , 1999 .

[13]  D. Collier.  Aggregate Safety Stock Levels and Component Part Commonality , 1982 .

[14]  G. S. Fishman.  Principles of Discrete Event Simulation , 1978 .

[15]  Paul Michael Bobrowski.  An investigation of alternate routing in the job shop as a planning process , 1985 .

[16]  W. C. Benton,et al.  Vendor Performance and Alternative Manufacturing Environments , 1990 .

[17]  John B. Jensen,et al.  An Evaluation of Capacity Sensitive Order Review and Release Procedures in Job Shops , 1993 .

[18]  Kostas S. Metaxiotis,et al.  GENESYS: an expert system for production scheduling , 2002, Ind. Manag. Data Syst..

[19]  Lee J. Krajewski,et al.  Kanban, MRP, and Shaping the Manufacturing Environment , 1987 .

[20]  William J. Tallon.  A Comparative Analysis of Master Production Scheduling Techniques for Assemble‐To‐Order Products , 1989 .

[21]  Haruki Matsuura,et al.  Component part commonality and process flexibility effects on manufacturing performance , 1994 .

[22]  Randall P. Sadowski,et al.  Order-release planning using variable lead times based on a backward simulation model , 1995 .

[23]  T. Fry,et al.  Sequencing rules, progress milestones and product structure in a multistage job shop , 1989 .

[24]  William L. Berry,et al.  Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems , 1984 .

[25]  Vincent A. Mabert,et al.  AN EVALUATION OF ORDER RELEASE MECHANISMS IN A JOB-SHOP ENVIRONMENT , 1988 .

[26]  Nigel Ware.  Integrated Manufacturing Planning , 1992 .

[27]  Paul M. Bobrowski,et al.  Job release and labor flexibility in a dual resource constrained job shop , 1989 .