Revista UIS Ingenierías

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2011): Revista UIS Ingenierías
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Relation between the transfer lot size and the performance of a "Flow-Shop" type manufacturing system

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  • Myriam Leonor Niño López,
  • Edwin Alberto Garavito Hernández,
  • Gladys Andrea Galeano Rodríguez
Myriam Leonor Niño López
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Bio
Edwin Alberto Garavito Hernández
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Bio
Gladys Andrea Galeano Rodríguez
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Bio

Published 2011-12-15

Keywords

  • Machine scheduling,
  • flow shop,
  • process batch,
  • transfer batch,
  • mixed integer programming

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Niño López, M. L., Garavito Hernández, E. A., & Galeano Rodríguez, G. A. (2011). Relation between the transfer lot size and the performance of a "Flow-Shop" type manufacturing system. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 10(2), 151–167. Retrieved from https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistauisingenierias/article/view/151-167
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Abstract

This research uses batch sizing as a strategy that complements machine scheduling in the companies. The objective is analyze the flow shop production system behavior when it uses different batch transfer size, under the performance measures makespan and mean flow time. The experimental design includes the transfer batch size policy, the demand level and the mix products. It results in 192 different analysis situations; these were represented under a mixed integer programming formulation and then were solved in GAMS, using CPLEX as optimizer. Results indicate that use transfer batch improve the production system performance.  However, by the setup influence, select the transfer batch size more appropriate depends of the amount of products made.

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