OPTIMAL CYCLE TIME AND PRODUCTION-RATE IN A FAMILY PRODUCTION CONTEXTWITH SHELF-LIFE CONSIDERATIONS

Authors
VISWANATHAN S GOYAL SK
Citation
S. Viswanathan et Sk. Goyal, OPTIMAL CYCLE TIME AND PRODUCTION-RATE IN A FAMILY PRODUCTION CONTEXTWITH SHELF-LIFE CONSIDERATIONS, International Journal of Production Research, 35(6), 1997, pp. 1703-1711
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,"Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
International Journal of Production Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207543
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1703 - 1711
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7543(1997)35:6<1703:OCTAPI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This paper considers the problem of determining the optimal production rate for each item and the optimal cycle time for the family of items in a family production context with restrictions on the shelf life of the various items in the family. An algorithm that determines the opt imal production rate for all the items as well as the optimal cycle ti me is proposed. This is an improvement over the existing method by Sil ver (1995) that can determine the optimal production rate only for one item for which the shelf life constraint is binding. Examples are pro vided to illustrate the proposed method.