Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > The performance of due date setting rules in as...
View graph of relations

The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops: an assessment by simulation

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Published

Standard

The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops: an assessment by simulation. / Thurer, Matthias; Huang, George; Stevenson, Mark et al.
In: International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 50, No. 20, 2012, p. 5949-5965.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Harvard

Thurer, M, Huang, G, Stevenson, M, Silva, C & Filho, M 2012, 'The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops: an assessment by simulation', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 50, no. 20, pp. 5949-5965. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2011.638942

APA

Vancouver

Thurer M, Huang G, Stevenson M, Silva C, Filho M. The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops: an assessment by simulation. International Journal of Production Research. 2012;50(20):5949-5965. doi: 10.1080/00207543.2011.638942

Author

Thurer, Matthias ; Huang, George ; Stevenson, Mark et al. / The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops : an assessment by simulation. In: International Journal of Production Research. 2012 ; Vol. 50, No. 20. pp. 5949-5965.

Bibtex

@article{a7e02da3053e4d8bb1294588c1eeee8d,
title = "The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops: an assessment by simulation",
abstract = "Setting short yet reliable Due Dates (DDs) is an important early production planning and control task. The majority of job-shop research on DD setting assumes simple product structures without assembly operations. However, in practice, product structures are often complex, and multiple final assembly operations may be required. This paper evaluates the performance of DD setting rules in the context of complex product structures, considering two scenarios: two-level assembly job shops, where orders converge on one final assembly operation; and two-level multi-stage job shops, where a series of assembly operations are undertaken. New rules are proposed which are substantially simpler and more suitable for practical use than those in the literature. These rules are only outperformed by a more sophisticated rule from the wider literature, newly introduced into the context of assembly and multi-stage job shops. Which rule to apply in practice depends on whether a manager considers the improvement in performance more important than the loss of simplicity. Future research should investigate how jobs can be planned and controlled effectively when some or all DDs are set externally by customers rather than internally using a DD setting rule.",
keywords = "Due Date setting, assembly job shop, multi-stage job shop, simulation",
author = "Matthias Thurer and George Huang and Mark Stevenson and Cristovao Silva and Moacir Filho",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1080/00207543.2011.638942",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "5949--5965",
journal = "International Journal of Production Research",
issn = "0020-7543",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "20",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops

T2 - an assessment by simulation

AU - Thurer, Matthias

AU - Huang, George

AU - Stevenson, Mark

AU - Silva, Cristovao

AU - Filho, Moacir

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Setting short yet reliable Due Dates (DDs) is an important early production planning and control task. The majority of job-shop research on DD setting assumes simple product structures without assembly operations. However, in practice, product structures are often complex, and multiple final assembly operations may be required. This paper evaluates the performance of DD setting rules in the context of complex product structures, considering two scenarios: two-level assembly job shops, where orders converge on one final assembly operation; and two-level multi-stage job shops, where a series of assembly operations are undertaken. New rules are proposed which are substantially simpler and more suitable for practical use than those in the literature. These rules are only outperformed by a more sophisticated rule from the wider literature, newly introduced into the context of assembly and multi-stage job shops. Which rule to apply in practice depends on whether a manager considers the improvement in performance more important than the loss of simplicity. Future research should investigate how jobs can be planned and controlled effectively when some or all DDs are set externally by customers rather than internally using a DD setting rule.

AB - Setting short yet reliable Due Dates (DDs) is an important early production planning and control task. The majority of job-shop research on DD setting assumes simple product structures without assembly operations. However, in practice, product structures are often complex, and multiple final assembly operations may be required. This paper evaluates the performance of DD setting rules in the context of complex product structures, considering two scenarios: two-level assembly job shops, where orders converge on one final assembly operation; and two-level multi-stage job shops, where a series of assembly operations are undertaken. New rules are proposed which are substantially simpler and more suitable for practical use than those in the literature. These rules are only outperformed by a more sophisticated rule from the wider literature, newly introduced into the context of assembly and multi-stage job shops. Which rule to apply in practice depends on whether a manager considers the improvement in performance more important than the loss of simplicity. Future research should investigate how jobs can be planned and controlled effectively when some or all DDs are set externally by customers rather than internally using a DD setting rule.

KW - Due Date setting

KW - assembly job shop

KW - multi-stage job shop

KW - simulation

U2 - 10.1080/00207543.2011.638942

DO - 10.1080/00207543.2011.638942

M3 - Journal article

VL - 50

SP - 5949

EP - 5965

JO - International Journal of Production Research

JF - International Journal of Production Research

SN - 0020-7543

IS - 20

ER -