A comparison of production control systems in a flexible flow shop

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, C.
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Reis, V., Morais, A., Brilenkov, I., Vaza, J., Pinheiro, T., Neves, M., Henriques, M., Varela, Maria Leonilde Rocha, Pereira, Guilherme, Dias, Luis S., Fernandes, Nuno Octávio Garcia, Carmo-Silva, S.
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/50893
• topic: kanban systems; make-to-order; Production control; simulation; Science & Technology

Production control in make-to-order must address the companies’ need for short delivery times and on-time deliveries. Several production control systems may be used to meet these needs. This paper presents a simulation study to evaluate the delivery performance of the TKS, GKS and POLCA production co ntrol systems, in the context of a make-to-order flexible flow shop. Since TKS is used for make-to-stock manufacturing, an adaptation of it is made to use in make-to-order. Results of a simulation study show that the adapted TKS outperforms POLCA, but performs worse than GKS. The study is a contribution for the alignment of production control theory to the industrial practice.