Title :
A performance assessment on manufacturing nodes in robust design of supply chain networks (SCNs)
Author :
Li, Ying ; Ying, Baosheng
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Machinery & Autom., Wuhan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
The paper provides an evaluation method on the performance of manufacturing nodes in supply chain networks (SCNs). After extensive literature review on the robust design of SCNs, a definition of "robustness" is tentatively made. This paper proposes an analytical framework for the manufacturing nodes and explicitly discloses the production authorization (PA) mechanism inside the manufacturing nodes in SCNs. Based on a hypothetical M/M/l queue model of PA mechanism in the manufacturing nodes, a performance assessment on the manufacturing nodes in SCNs is conducted by simulation of the production process through queuing theories. Finally, some possible research directions are suggested for the future work.
Keywords :
design engineering; performance evaluation; queueing theory; supply chain management; M/M/1 queue model; manufacturing nodes; performance assessment; production authorization mechanism; production process simulation; robust design; supply chain networks; Authorization; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Performance analysis; Production; Pulp manufacturing; Robustness; Supply chains; Uncertainty; Virtual manufacturing; production authorization (PA) mechanism; robustness performance; supply chain networks (SCNs);
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IE&EM '09. 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3671-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3672-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEEM.2009.5344382
