Dynamic lot splitting in a closed job shop with stochastic arrivals and variability across operations

Jacob V. Simons, Mark E. Kraus

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Abstract

Lot splitting is the practice of dividing an order into smaller batches when the job is released to the production system. Although splitting may improve flow times, it may also increase the number of setups and material handling costs incurred. This paper shows that variability in processing times across operations can cause the performance of lot splitting schemes to degrade significantly. However, it also shows that the use of rules which dynamically trigger the splitting and re-joining of lots throughout a job's routing can retain much of the benefit of lot splitting while decreasing the disadvantages.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1323-1325
Number of pages3
StatePublished - 1998
EventProceedings of the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute. Part 1 (of 3) - San Diego, CA, USA
Duration: Nov 22 1997Nov 25 1997

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute. Part 1 (of 3)
CitySan Diego, CA, USA
Period11/22/9711/25/97

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Management Information Systems
  • Hardware and Architecture

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