A Comparison of Scheduling Approaches for a Make-to-Order Electronics Manufacturer
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Heath, Susan
Morrice, Douglas J.
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2007
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In this paper, we compare two scheduling procedures designed
to minimize setup costs for a make-to-order electronics
manufacturing. While setup costs are important,
quick response is highly valued by the manufacturer’s
customers and customer service is negatively impacted
when jobs spend too much time in the system. To address
this issue, we simulate the factory running with the
schedules produced by these two procedures and compare
the output based on the age of jobs remaining unprocessed
at the end of one production shift. The simulation
results show that the scheduling procedure that results in
the lowest setup cost does not necessarily yield the best
job age distribution.
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Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference S. G. Henderson, B. Biller, M.-H. Hsieh, J. Shortle, J. D. Tew, and R. R. Barton, eds.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.