Design and Analysis of Lean Production Systems

This book covers the design and improvement of single and multistage production systems. Following the standard production planning and scheduling decision hierarchy, it describes the inputs and outputs at each level of the decision hierarchy and one or more decision approaches. The assumptions leading to each approach are included along with the details of the model and the corresponding solution. Modern system concepts and the engineering methods for creating lean production systems are included.

Table of Contents

Preface.

The Industrial Enterprise.

Introduction to the Production System and the Role of Inventory.

Market Characterization.

Manufacturing Strategy and the Supply Chain.

Aggregate Planning.

Single-Stage Inventory Control.

Decentralized Pull Systems.

Multistage Production Systems: Materials Requirements Planning for Dependent Demand.

Multistage Models.

Lean Manufacturing and the Just-in-Time Philosophy.

Shop Scheduling.

Shop Floor Control: Systems and Extensions.

Appendix I: Standard Normal Distribution Function.

Appendix II: Unit Normal Linear Loss.

Appendix III: Linear Programming.

Index.