Authors: Sivasubramanian R.; Selladurai V.; Rajamramasamy N.

Source: Production Planning and Control, Volume 11, Number 8, 1 December 2000 , pp. 820-824(5)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

The main objective of any manufacturing system is to organize the resources in a shop floor for effective transformation of raw materials into finished products. Synchronous manufacturing (SM) is a manufacturing management philosophy that has a set of principles, procedures and techniques where every action is evaluated in terms of a common global goal of the organization (Seetharama et al., 1997, Production Planning and Inventory Control). A manufacturing system that adopts the above principle is called as synchronous manufacturing system (SMS). In order for a manufacturing plant to achieve the benefits of a synchronous operation, a logistical manufacturing (SM) is a manufacturing management philosophy that has a set of principles, procedures and techniques where every action is evaluated in terms of a common global control system that is manageable and results in predictable performance is required. The drum-buffer-rope (DBR) approach, which is a generalized system, satisfies the above requirements through computer simulation. This paper focuses on the effect of DBR principles on the performance of a synchronous manufacturing system. A case study has been taken up in a small-scale industry and analysis has been carried out on the effect of the DBR approach on the performance of the system. This work has been performed on an IBM/PC compatible system using the promodel software and C language.

Keywords: DRUM-BUFFER-ROPE; (DBR); SYNCHRONOUS; MANUFACTURING; SYSTEM(SMS); THEORY; OF; CONSTRAINTS; (TOC); CAPACITY; CONSTRAINT; RESOURCES(CCR)

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2000-12-01

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