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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 Winter
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8786-4
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2004.1371442
