Title: An integrated approach for multi-period manufacturing planning of job-shops

Authors: Viraj Tyagi; Ajai Jain; P.K. Jain

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kuruhshetra Institute of Technology and Management, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India ' Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India

Abstract: In the present study, an integrated methodology of manufacturing planning has been formalised for a capacity constrained job-shop with consideration of capacity planning, loading, scheduling, and process plans flexibility for a given master production schedule. This study aims at generation of production schedules that are compatible with production plans developed at a higher level for feasible implementation at the shop floor. Performance of methodology is assessed for eight case studies from mean tardiness viewpoint. Results indicate that formalised integrated methodology is effective in the complex job-shop environment. Further, mean tardiness performance of integrated methodology is found better than that of the conventional hierarchical approach of manufacturing planning. [Submitted 22 December 2017; Accepted 29 September 2018]

Keywords: integrated; manufacturing planning; loading; scheduling; job-shop.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMR.2020.106856

International Journal of Manufacturing Research, 2020 Vol.15 No.2, pp.148 - 180

Received: 22 Dec 2017
Accepted: 29 Sep 2018
Published online: 23 Apr 2020 *

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