Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1679675 | CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The application of conventional leveling approaches is limited to large scale production. This paper presents a systematic procedure for leveling of low volume and high mix production. It employs clustering techniques to group product types into product families. After that, a family-based leveling pattern is created which describes a repetitive sequence of capacity slots considering all families. According to the leveling pattern, each family is manufactured within a periodic interval. The paper provides a brief overview of the systematic procedure. It focuses on the creation of the leveling pattern using operations research methods and presents a real life application.
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Authors
Fabian Bohnen, Matthias Buhl, Jochen Deuse,