doi: 10.7763/IJIMT.2013.V4.345
Application of Fixed Order Period Lot Sizing Rule in Capacitated Make to -Order Production Systems
S. H. Tang1
,
Mehdi Vasili1,2 ,
Mohammadreza Vasili1,2 ,
N. Ismail1
- 1Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- 2Department of Industrial Engineering, Lenjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran.
Abstract
In this paper, the fixed order period (FOP) lot sizing rule is considered as an appropriate lot-sizing strategy; which, through establishing a work-ahead-window, is used for modeling make-to-order (MTO) production systems with limited available capacity. FOP in an MTO environment summarizes the known customers’ demands of the next work-ahead-window periods into one production lot. Establishing a work-ahead- window helps to smooth the production and buffer the production line from demand variability by pre-production of orders that are needed later. In other words, the orders that should be delivered in periods with higher required capacity than the available capacity are pre-produced in periods with lower required capacity. Generally, the fluctuation of the customer required capacity in an MTO environment is smoothed by applying an average operator in a way that the long term average customer required capacity is always less than the available capacity.
Keywords
- Capacity order characteristic
- fixed order period (FOP)
- make-to-order (MTO)
- work-ahead-window
How to Cite
S. H. Tang, Mehdi Vasili, Mohammadreza Vasili, and N. Ismail, "Application of Fixed Order Period Lot Sizing Rule in Capacitated Make to -Order Production Systems," International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-5, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIMT.2013.V4.345
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