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A Framework for Analysis of Production Authorization Card‐Controlled Production Systems
Author(s) -
MacDonald Corinne,
Gunn Eldon A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
production and operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.279
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1937-5956
pISSN - 1059-1478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2010.01209.x
Subject(s) - computer science , variety (cybernetics) , kanban , production (economics) , production control , control (management) , authorization , industrial engineering , artificial intelligence , computer network , engineering , economics , macroeconomics
A framework for the analysis of manufacturing systems operating under a production authorization card (PAC) system is outlined. The PAC system provides a single model, which encompasses a broad variety of control strategies, including Kanban and CONWIP. This paper describes a framework for the performance analysis and comparison of both specific and families of control strategies. The framework starts with system performance measures estimated by simulation. These simulations in turn provide training data for neural network metamodels. The metamodels allow for a variety of analysis and optimization approaches, including the construction of optimal policy curves, which can provide considerable insight into the systems under study.