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A simulation analysis of the effectiveness of drum-buffer-rope scheduling in furniture manufacturing |
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| Authors: | Shih-Yun Wu John S Morris Thomas M Gordon |
| Affiliation: | 1 Forestry Department, Institute of I-Lan A & T, I-Lan, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2 College of Business and Economics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA c College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | Simulation has proven to be an important computer tool in analyziing new manufacturing approaches. In this paper we use simulation models to compare a new approach to manufacturing with current practices. The new approach is referred to as the Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) method of synchronous manufacturing. We discuss the DBR approach and demonstrate the application of DBR in a furniture manufacturing case example. Simulation models are used to compare the DBR approach with the typical system of production control referred to as a cutting approach. The simulation analysis indicates considerable savings in makespan are possible when DBR is used in place of the cutting approach. |
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