Concurrent consideration of product design, process planning and production planning activities
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Date
1998Source Title
Production Planning and Control
Print ISSN
0953-7287
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
167 - 175
Language
English
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Abstract
In manufacturing engineering, product design, process planning and production planning activities are often considered independently. However, in order to effectively respond to changes in business situations, such as changes in demand forecast, product mix and technology, it is desirable to consider them concurrently. For this purpose, a large-scale linear programming model has been developed. The model considers minimization of the sum of processing cost, late shipment cost and inventory holding cost as the objective, and concurrently selects product designs, and generates process plans and production plans. The number of columns in the formulation can be large and, hence, an efficient column generation scheme is developed to solve the model. The model and solution procedure are illustrated with examples.
Keywords
Concurrent engineeringIntegration of manufacturing functions
Process planning
Product design
Production planning
Cost accounting
Linear programming
Manufacture
Mathematical models
Strategic planning
Concurrent engineering