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The influence of shop characteristics on workload control

B.J. Oosterman, +2 more
- 30 Oct 2000 - 
- Vol. 68, Iss: 1, pp 107-119
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In this paper, a simulation study indicates that the relative performance of the traditional workload control methods changes completely with for instance the presence or absence of a dominant flow direction in the shop.
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This article is published in International Journal of Production Economics.The article was published on 2000-10-30 and is currently open access. It has received 184 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Flow shop scheduling & Job shop.

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Product family design and platform-based product development: a state-of-the-art review

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A review of production planning and control: the applicability of key concepts to the make-to-order industry

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- 01 Mar 2005 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a critical assessment of the approaches from the point of view of various sectors of the make-to-order (MTO) Industry, including the importance of the customer enquiry stage, company size, degree of customization and shop floor configuration and shows them to play a large role in the applicability of planning and control concepts.
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A structural methodology for managing manufacturing lead times in make-to-order companies

Brian G. Kingsman, +2 more
- 25 May 1989 - 
TL;DR: A structural approach has been adopted which includes customer orders planning and job release functions and the basic concepts developed include a hierarchy of backlogs of work responsible for a consequent hierarchy of lead times that add up to the total delivery lead time.
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Workload Control and Order Release: A Lean Solution for Make-to-Order Companies

Matthias Thürer, +4 more
- 01 Sep 2012 - 
TL;DR: Comparisons of WLC order release methods against the best-performing purely periodic and continuous release rules across a range of flow directions demonstrate that LUMS COR and the continuous WLC release methods consistently outperform purely periodic release and Constant WIP.
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The workload control concept: theory and practical extensions of Load Oriented Order Release

Jan-Wilhelm Breithaupt, +2 more
- 01 Oct 2002 - 
TL;DR: The theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the WLC concept are brought together and a review and classification of strengths and weaknesses reported from analytical research and the extensions that have been developed based on practical experiences are discussed.
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Stochastic models of manufacturing systems

John A. Buzacott, +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of manufacturing system models: an example of a single stage "produce-to-order" system and a single-stage "buy-and-buy" system is presented.
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Load-Oriented Manufacturing Control

Hans-Peter Wiendahl
TL;DR: In this paper, a general, realistic model of the manufacturing process is presented, along with a Load-Oriented Order Release (LOOR) and a schedule-oriented capacity planning and control.
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Theory and practice of load-oriented manufacturing control

Wolfgang Bechte
- 01 Mar 1988 - 
TL;DR: Load-oriented manufacturing control is a new solution for job shops and its successful implementation in a plastic leaves factory as mentioned in this paper, where the idea is to limit and balance work-in-process inventory on a level as low as possible in order to accomplish a high workcentre utilization as well as a rapid and in-time flow of orders.
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Order review/release: research issues and perspectives

Steven A. Melnyk, +1 more
- 01 Jul 1989 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the ORR function and its impact on the operation of the shop floor and found that ORR does not always reduce the total time spent in the system.
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Order review and release strategies ina job shop environment: A review and a classification

D. Bergamaschi, +3 more
- 01 Feb 1997 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a review and a classification framework of the main research work carried out to date is introduced. And the classification of selected models from the specialised literature by means of the proposed framework provides a better understanding for the practitioners and, on the other hand, aims to indicate to researchers the most promising research paths.
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Frequently Asked Questions (6)
Q1. What have the authors contributed in "The influence of shop characteristics on workload control" ?

This research shows that shop characteristics are an important factor to this choice. A simulation study indicates that the relative performance of the release methods changes completely with for instance the presence or absence of a dominant flow direction in the shop. Adjustments to the traditional release methods are suggested which prove to make these methods more robust. 

Obviously, the aggregate workload and the shop load do not appropriately indicate the future flow of work to a station in the case of job shops. Further research should detail intermediate shop configurations and look at robustness with respect to other modelled characteristics such as capacities and processing times. 

Since the aggregate load includes the load upstream of a station, a momentarily increased station position will require an increased aggregate load. 

As method C’ corrects for routing length differences among jobs, the improved performance of method C’ in the shops with variable20routing lengths confirms their expectations. 

The fact that also the more upstream stations reach their norm level might ensure a smooth inflow of work for downstream stations, so input estimation becomes less advantageous. 

As the total lead time is the sum of the pool time and the shop floor time, the increasing lead time implies that waiting time in the pool increases stronger than waiting time on the floor decreases for tighter norms.