Optimization of Work-in-Progress Inventory of Bottleneck Process: A Case Study of Passenger Car Industry

Autor:	Bhimaraya A. Metri, S.G. Mani
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	law Computer science Process (engineering) Energy cost Production (economics) Operations management Welding Business and International Management Work in process Productivity Bottleneck Manufacturing engineering law.invention
Zdroj:	Global Business Review. 15:49S-58S
ISSN:	0973-0664 0972-1509
Popis:	The manufacturing of motor vehicle involves series of processes starting from welding steel sheets to form a welded body, painting and assembling sequentially to finally give it a sellable form. The nature and the intricacy involved in each processes determine the rate of production. Also, factors such as machine/equipment breakdowns result in alteration of the production rates further affecting the smooth manufacturing flow. This case study discusses how mismatches in the production rates (designed and altered) in a high-speed conveyors of various processes (starvation/blockages) could be minimized by ensuring optimized buffer storages by building WIP and minimizing risk of demand loss and optimizing inventory costs keeping the productivity also into consideration.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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