Supermarkets are decentralised storage areas scattered throughout the shopfloor that serve as an intermediate store for parts required by nearby assembly lines. From these stores, a certain number of handling operators deliver parts from the supermarket to, and collect empty bins from, assembly stations. Finally, they return to the supermarket and are refilled for their next tours. The aims of this paper are (i) to highlight how the supermarket/multi-mixed assembly line system presents specific attributes that prohibit the simple application of well-known kanban dimensioning formulations and (ii) to provide an innovative procedure to optimally set all decision variables related to such a feeding system.

Integrated Kanban number optimization procedure for a Multi Line Mixed-ModelAssembly System fed by a Supermarket Warehouse

FACCIO, MAURIZIO;PERSONA, ALESSANDRO;GAMBERI, MAURO
2012

Abstract

Supermarkets are decentralised storage areas scattered throughout the shopfloor that serve as an intermediate store for parts required by nearby assembly lines. From these stores, a certain number of handling operators deliver parts from the supermarket to, and collect empty bins from, assembly stations. Finally, they return to the supermarket and are refilled for their next tours. The aims of this paper are (i) to highlight how the supermarket/multi-mixed assembly line system presents specific attributes that prohibit the simple application of well-known kanban dimensioning formulations and (ii) to provide an innovative procedure to optimally set all decision variables related to such a feeding system.
2012
Proceedings of 4 th word conference PO&M
9789491621000
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