Manufacturing decision making with FACTOR

Author

Lilegdon, William R.

Author_Institution

Pritsker Corp., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

11-14 Dec. 1994

Firstpage

420

Lastpage

426

Abstract

The FACTOR system is designed to support the effective management of the capacity of manufacturing organization. This philosophy is best described as total capacity management (TCM). The TCM fundamental principle suggests that through a thorough understanding of a system´s capacity and the ability to control that capacity, a manufacturing system can profitably and predictably deliver quality products to its customers. This tutorial covers the basic concepts of FACTOR. FACTOR has been applied to engineering, design, scheduling and planning problems within many manufacturing organizations. Topics covered include: the FACTOR modeling constructs, integration with existing production data, the use of FACTOR for schedule creation and adjustment, FACTOR/AIM, and new enhancements to the products.

Keywords

capacity management (computers); decision support systems; manufacturing data processing; planning; production control; scheduling; FACTOR; FACTOR/AIM; design; engineering; existing production data; manufacturing decision making; modeling constructs; new enhancements; planning problems; quality products; schedule adjustment; schedule creation; scheduling; systems capacity; total capacity management; Capacity planning; Decision making; Design engineering; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Meeting planning; Production systems; System performance; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1994. Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2109-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1994.717220

Filename

717220