Title :
A state-of-the-art workload control system for customized industry
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Bespoke manufacturing strategies, such as Make-To-Order, are increasingly employed by individual companies as well as supply chains competing on customized products/services. Uncertainties from individual requirements greatly increase the complexity of the operation and production process, making planning and control activities extremely difficult. Workload Control (WLC) is a Production Planning and Control (PPC) approach uniquely designed for customized industry. However, implementation of WLC has encountered significant difficulties due to the gap between theory and practice. This paper describes a state-of-the-art WLC Decision Support System (DSS) which is considered an effective enabler of WLC application. To address the practical challenges (e.g., lack of quotation support, unexpected incoming of workloads) noted in the literature, the system has been developed through a user interactive action learning and reflection environment called `living lab´.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; decision support systems; production control; production engineering computing; DSS; WLC; WLC decision support system; bespoke manufacturing strategy; living lab reflection environment; make-to-order strategy; user interactive action learning; workload control system; Companies; Decision making; Decision support systems; Manufacturing; Production planning; Training; Workload control; customized production; decision support system; living lab; production planning and control;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962602