Efficient simulations of supply chains

Author

Armbruster, Dieter ; Marthaler, Daniel ; Ringhofer, Christian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

1345

Abstract

High volume production flows are modeled by nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations representing conservation laws. These models have Little´s law explicitly built into the formulation. Borrowing from concepts in gas dynamics and vehicular traffic models we derive several prototypical equations representing linear as well as reentrant factories. Multiple products, dispatch polices and control actions can be modeled. Standard hydrodynamic codes provide very fast simulations of these models allowing us to link them together to form efficient supply chain simulations.

Keywords

conservation laws; digital simulation; factory automation; goods dispatch data processing; hyperbolic equations; nonlinear differential equations; partial differential equations; production control; supply chain management; Little law; conservation laws; control actions; dispatch polices; high volume production flows; hydrodynamic codes; linear factories; multiple products; nonlinear hyperbolic equations; partial differential equations; prototypical equations; reentrant factories; simulations; supply chains; Code standards; Flow production systems; Hydrodynamics; Nonlinear equations; Partial differential equations; Production facilities; Prototypes; Supply chains; Traffic control; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7614-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2002.1166400

Filename

1166400