Affect of Production cycle time in manufacturing supply chain management: A system dynamics approach

Author

Rodrigues, L.L.R. ; Patel, R. ; Gopalakrishna, B. ; Shetty, Pradeep Kumar ; Rao, B. R Srinivasa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Manuf. Eng., MIT, Manipal, India

fYear

2010

fDate

2-5 June 2010

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

150

Abstract

This paper deals with the development of a System Dynamics Model to study the influence of Production cycle time on: Production start rate, Work in progress, Production rate, Distribution inventory, Distribution rate, and Waste rate. The simulation results indicate that Production cycle time has a significant influence on `Bullwhip Effect´ and there may be a need to stretch the Production cycle time and reduce the delays to minimize this effect. Reduction of Bullwhip effect is a constant endeavour in Supply Chain Management (SCM) and this paper is also an attempt in this direction with specific reference to the influence of Production cycle time.

Keywords

supply chain management; work in progress; Bullwhip effect; distribution inventory; distribution rate; manufacturing supply chain management; production cycle time; production start rate; system dynamics model; waste rate; work in progress; Delay effects; Inventory control; Manufacturing industries; Mechanical engineering; Production management; Production systems; Pulp manufacturing; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Virtual manufacturing; Bullwhip effect; Inventory control; Production cycle time; Production management; Supply chain management; System Dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6565-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6566-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2010.5492857

Filename

5492857