DocumentCode
2167297
Title
Impact of production run length on supply chain performance
Author
Parsons, David J. ; Clark, Robin J. ; Payette, Kevin L.
Author_Institution
Simulation Dynamics, Maryville, TN, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
5-8 Dec. 2004
Firstpage
1153
Abstract
This paper documents an experiment designed to show the value of simulation in understanding the relationship between production run lengths and overall supply chain performance. Current production practices and supply chain policies of an existing company provided the starting point for the experiment. The experiment consisted of two deployment scenarios and a range of run length multipliers that vary the company´s actual run length rules. Minimum cost run lengths were determined for twelve combinations of cost assumptions for changeovers and inventories.
Keywords
costing; production control; simulation; supply chain management; cost assumption; minimum cost run lengths; production practices; production run length; run length multipliers; supply chain performance; supply chain policies; Costs; Customer service; Economics; Economies of scale; Humans; Material storage; Packaging; Production systems; Supply chains; Transportation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Simulation Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 Winter
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8786-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WSC.2004.1371442
Filename
1371442
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