Simulation of JIT performance in a printing shop

Author

Patterson, Brian M. ; Ozbayrak, M. ; Papadopoulou, Theopisti

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Eng., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

1914

Abstract

A medium sized UK based academic publisher own a subsidiary printing business. Presently, Academic Printers (AP) is experiencing production line flow problems reducing the efficiency of the operation. Most of the problems are generated by the imbalanced workflow through the system. By implementing a JIT production planning system it is hoped that some of the production problems can be resolved. Using the simulation software a model was created to investigate the performance of the AP under a variety of operating conditions. Results showed that operating the system with JIT control would not produce economic performance improvements due to constraints applied by the printing process.

Keywords

computer aided production planning; digital simulation; printing industry; production control; publishing; Academic Printers; JIT performance; JIT production planning system; economic performance improvements; efficiency; imbalanced workflow; medium sized UK based academic publishers; operating conditions; printing shop; production line flow problems; simulation software; subsidiary printing business; Books; Control systems; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing systems; Modeling; Printing; Production planning; Production systems; Publishing; Systems engineering and theory;

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.2002.1166490

Filename

1166490