Joint determination of process mean and production run: A review

The economic selection of process parameters, mainly process target and production run, is critically important since it directly affects the process defective rate, material cost, scrap or rework cost, and the loss to the customer due to the deviation of the product from specification. One of the goals in process control is to integrate the optimum production run with the optimum process target based on maximising profit or minimising the total cost. This review paper summarises the current research on optimum selection of process mean and production run. The methodologies to solve the parameters of the models are also presented. Some possible future research directions are mentioned in this paper.

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