Author : Ruoqi Wang
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Book Synopsis A Mixed Integer Programming Model for Production Planning in Labor Intensive Manufacturing Systems by : Ruoqi Wang
Download or read book A Mixed Integer Programming Model for Production Planning in Labor Intensive Manufacturing Systems written by Ruoqi Wang and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature about labor intensive production planning addresses certain problems such as workforce sizing problems, workforce transfer problems and multi skill-level workforce utilization problems. Some of them considered quality related issues or workforce learning effects in modeling and solving these problems. In this thesis, a production planning model is developed for small to medium sized labor intensive production systems. It aims at deciding the optimal production plans for producing different types of products and assigning workers of different skill levels to production stations in the considered system. The main production planning model is formulated with the considerations of learning effect, quality issues, overtime work hours, and possible delays in product delivery. Numerical example problems based on practical cases are presented to illustrate the considered problems and the behavior of the developed model in solving these problems. The strength of the proposed model lies in the integration of some critical issues in a production system. A main advantage of using the approach developed in this thesis is to provide shop managers different options in deciding the number of production lines, overtime work time, on time or late product delivery, when the demand is seasonal and volatile.