Title :
Optimization of flows and preventive maintenance in a manufacturing unit
Author :
Ben Hmida, Jalel ; Chelbi, Anis ; Rezg, Nldhal
Author_Institution :
CEREP-ESSTT, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
In the literature, maintenance policies and production control are generally treated separately or sequentially. In this paper we propose a joint maintenance and inventory control policy for the optimization of the production cost for a manufacturing system. The considered system consists of one machine subject to random failures, repairs and preventive maintenance activities with random durations. A simulation model and experimental design are used to determine optimal decision variables, which are the time at which preventive maintenance must be performed and the buffer size.
Keywords :
maintenance engineering; production control; stock control; inventory control; maintenance and inventory control; maintenance policies; manufacturing system; preventive maintenance; production control; production cost; simulation model; Art; Cost function; Design for experiments; Design optimization; Inventory control; Manufacturing systems; Preventive maintenance; Production control; Production systems; Productivity;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2002 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7437-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2002.1176088