A Make-To-Stock Manufacturing System with Component Commonality: A Queuing Approach

• Main Authors: WEE, Kwan Eng, Dada, Maqbool
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Make-to-order; component commonality; supply chain management; queuing theory; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3196; https://doi.org/10.1080/07408170903544322
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this article a manufacturing system that features component commonality and a production allocation mechanism that postpones inventory commitment is modeled. Under this mechanism, which is called the First-Use First-Serve (FUFS), approach, a component is committed to an order only when all other...