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TY - JOUR
T1 - Parts feeding in two-stage assembly system
T2 - an assessment by simulation
AU - Thurer, Matthias
AU - Fernandes, Nuno Octavio
AU - Stevenson, Mark
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering on 27/11/2019, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681015.2019.1695152
PY - 2019/12/31
Y1 - 2019/12/31
N2 - Literature on two-stage assembly systems typically assume that parts (subassemblies) require several sequential operations at the first production stage. However, parts can often be produced at a single station. This shifts the focus away from coordination to the provision of parts. The literature on parts feeding typically assumes the full availability of parts at stock points (e.g. warehouses or supermarkets), thereby neglecting the potential impact of capacity constraints at upstream stations. In response, this study assesses the performance of different parts feeding policies (kitting and line stocking). Simulation results show limited operational performance differences between kitting and line stocking in to-stock systems, with the main difference being where stock points are located. However, results also highlight the potential for producing subassemblies to-order if the constraint is how much (and not where) stock can be kept. This links together the literature on parts feeding with that on customer order decoupling points.
AB - Literature on two-stage assembly systems typically assume that parts (subassemblies) require several sequential operations at the first production stage. However, parts can often be produced at a single station. This shifts the focus away from coordination to the provision of parts. The literature on parts feeding typically assumes the full availability of parts at stock points (e.g. warehouses or supermarkets), thereby neglecting the potential impact of capacity constraints at upstream stations. In response, this study assesses the performance of different parts feeding policies (kitting and line stocking). Simulation results show limited operational performance differences between kitting and line stocking in to-stock systems, with the main difference being where stock points are located. However, results also highlight the potential for producing subassemblies to-order if the constraint is how much (and not where) stock can be kept. This links together the literature on parts feeding with that on customer order decoupling points.
KW - Operations management
KW - design methodology - design for assembly
KW - just-in-time (JIT) systems
U2 - 10.1080/21681015.2019.1695152
DO - 10.1080/21681015.2019.1695152
M3 - Journal article
VL - 36
SP - 493
EP - 501
JO - Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
JF - Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
IS - 7
ER -