Lot-Sizing and Lead-time Performance in a Manufacturing Cell

Uday S. Karmarkar
Uday S. Karmarkar
The Graduate School of Management, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627
Search for more papers by this author
,
Sham Kekre
Sham Kekre
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York 14650
Search for more papers by this author
,
Sunder Kekre
Sunder Kekre
The Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Search for more papers by this author
,
Susan Freeman
Susan Freeman
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York 14650
Search for more papers by this author

Uday S. Karmarkar

The Graduate School of Management, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Search for more papers by this author

Sham Kekre

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York 14650

Search for more papers by this author

Sunder Kekre

The Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

Search for more papers by this author

Susan Freeman

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York 14650

Search for more papers by this author

Published Online:1 Apr 1985https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.15.2.1

Abstract

Many complex multi-item manufacturing shops have high levels of work-in-process because of queueing delays at machines and consequently long manufacturing lead times. These delays are directly related to lot sizes. Two alternative approaches applied to modeling a manufacturing cell—simulation and a novel analytical lot-sizing model (Q-LOTS)—provide very similar results and validate the analytical model.

Cited by
- Effects of corporate governance on management earnings: Study based on non-financial firms in Pakistan
  9 February 2022 | Journal of Public Value and Administrative Insight, Vol. 4, No. 4
- Lot synchronization in make-to-order shops with order release control: an assessment by simulation
  5 November 2019 | International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 58, No. 21
- Single machine scheduling problem with batch setups involving positional deterioration effects and multiple rate-modifying activities
  20 December 2018 | Engineering Optimization, Vol. 51, No. 10
- Lot splitting under load-limiting order release in high-variety shops: An assessment by simulation
  Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 48
- Setting optimal production lot sizes and planned lead times in a job shop
  10 August 2015 | International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 54, No. 20
- Differential evolution to solve the lot size problem in stochastic supply chain management systems
  10 January 2015 | Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 242, No. 2
- Aligning workload control theory and practice: lot splitting and operation overlapping issues
  6 February 2016 | International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 54, No. 10
- Lot size optimization in manufacturing systems: The surrogate method
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 155
- Hybrid Models for the Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems
  10 February 2014
- Batch Size Determination: A Case Study of Hard Disk Drive Industry
  1 September 2013 | Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 816-817
- Impact of product proliferation on the reverse supply chain
  Omega, Vol. 41, No. 3
- Effect of lot-size reduction and continuous improvement programmes on work in process and utilisation: a study for single-machine and flow-shop environments
  12 November 2012 | International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Vol. 15, No. 5
- Batch sizes optimisation by means of queueing network decomposition and genetic algorithm
  International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 50, No. 10
- A Solution to the Optimal Lot-Sizing Problem as a Stochastic Resource Contention Game
  IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2
- Conditional Lot Splitting to Avoid Setups While Reducing Flow Time
  American Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 02, No. 04
- The effect of shop floor continuous improvement programs on the lot size–cycle time relationship in a multi-product single-machine environment
  23 July 2010 | The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 52, No. 5-8
- Optimization Models of Production Planning Problems
  5 October 2010
- Evaluation of the Dynamic Impacts of Lead Time Reduction on Finance Based on Open Queueing Networks
  16 September 2010
- Differential Evolution to Solve the Lot Size Problem in Stochastic Production Systems
  SSRN Electronic Journal
- The Financial Impact of a Rapid Modeling Issue: the Case of Lot Sizing
  16 September 2010
- Production Planning Under Uncertainty with Workload-Dependent Lead Times: Lagrangean Bounds and Heuristics
  16 February 2011
- A solution of the lot sizing problem as a stochastic resource contention game
- Proposta de utilização do sistema Period Batch Control para redução de lead time em uma empresa de bens de capital
  21 May 2010 | Production, Vol. 20, No. 4
- Estudo do efeito de programas de melhoria contínua em variáveis do chão de fábrica na relação entre tamanho de lote de produção e lead time: lead time relationship
  Gestão & Produção, Vol. 17, No. 1
- Fuzzy approach to utility of time factor
- Utility of time factor in logistic optimization
- Efeito da redução do tamanho de lote e de programas de Melhoria Contínua no Estoque em Processo (WIP) e na Utilização: estudo utilizando uma abordagem híbrida System Dynamics - Factory Physics
  Production, Vol. 19, No. 1
- Queueing Networks Modeling Software for Manufacturing
- To estimate the stage completion time for a two-stage flexible flow shop with dynamic job arrival
- Supply chain planning using multi‐stage stochastic programming
  Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3
- Advanced Resource Planning as Decision Support Module to ERP
  SSRN Electronic Journal
- Production planning with load dependent lead times: an update of research
  3 May 2007 | Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 153, No. 1
- Buffer sizing in multi-product multi-reactor batch processes: Impact of allocation and campaign sizing policies
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 179, No. 2
- Simultaneous price, location, and capacity decisions on a line of time‐sensitive customers
  31 July 2006 | Naval Research Logistics (NRL), Vol. 54, No. 1
- From ERP to Advanced Resource Planning: Improving Operational Performance by Getting the Inputs Right
- Management Accounting and Operations Management: Understanding the Challenges from Integrated Manufacturing
- A queueing model for a two-stage stochastic manufacturing system with overlapping operations
  28 June 2006 | International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 17, No. 3
- Service capacity decision and incentive compatible cost allocation for reporting usage forecasts
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 157, No. 1
- Combined make-to-order and make-to-stock in a food production system
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 90, No. 2
- The Marketing-Operations Interface
- A dispatching rule-based approach to production scheduling in a printed circuit board manufacturing system
  21 December 2017 | Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 54, No. 10
- Survey on the use of simulation for manufacturing system design and operation
  Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 22, No. 2
- Tactical Planning Models for Supply Chain Management
- The effect of product variety on supply-chain performance
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 143, No. 3
- Lot sizing in workload control systems
  6 August 2010 | Production Planning & Control, Vol. 13, No. 7
- Planning and Scheduling in an Assemble-to-Order Environment: Spicer-Off-Highway Products Division
- Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Cellular Manufacturing Systems Using Data Envelopment Analysis∗
  Journal of Design and Manufacturing Automation, Vol. 1, No. 4
- Flexibility in manufacturing systems: A relational and a dynamic approach
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 130, No. 1
- The production planning process for a network of firms in the textile-apparel industry
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 65, No. 1
- Supply chain management in theory and practice: a passing fad or a fundamental change?
  Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 100, No. 3
- An Empirical Investigation of Costs in Batching Decisions*
  7 June 2007 | Decision Sciences, Vol. 31, No. 1
- Performance of hybrid cellular manufacturing systems: A computer simulation investigation
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 120, No. 2
- A 'surrogate problem' approach for lot size optimization in manufacturing systems
- Accelerating the Process of Engineering Change Orders: Capacity and Congestion Effects
  12 August 2004 | Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 16, No. 2
- AN OVERVIEW OF TRADEOFF CURVES IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS DESIGN
  5 January 2009 | Production and Operations Management, Vol. 8, No. 1
- Finding Optimal Material Release Times Using Simulation-Based Optimization
  Tito Homem-de-Mello,
  Alexander Shapiro,
  Mark L. Spearman,
  1 January 1999 | Management Science, Vol. 45, No. 1
- From Functional to Cellular Manufacturing Systems
- Queueing theory in manufacturing: A survey
  Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 18, No. 3
- International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4
- International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 11, No. 3
- TEACHING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FROM A SCIENCE OF MANUFACTURING
  1 June 1998 | Production and Operations Management, Vol. 7, No. 2
- Lead-time setting, capacity utilization, and pricing decisions under lead-time dependent demand
  IIE Transactions, Vol. 30, No. 2
- Evaluation of Functional and Cellular Layouts Through Simulation and Analytical Models
- Waiting line model applications in manufacturing
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 54, No. 1
- Lot sizing and scheduling — Survey and extensions
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 99, No. 2
- Scheduling policies, batch sizes, and manufacturing lead times
  13 July 2010 | IIE Transactions, Vol. 29, No. 2
- Periodic production scheduling at a fastener manufacturer
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 46-47
- A general approximation for the single product lot sizing model with queueing delays
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 95, No. 1
- Performance evaluation of cellular manufacturing systems: a taxonomy and review of research
  International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 16, No. 8
- Lot Splitting in Stochastic Flow Shop and Job Shop Environments
  Decision Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 2
- Modeling and analysis of machine sharing in manufacturing systems
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 91, No. 1
- On production batches, transfer batches, and lead times
  30 May 2007 | IIE Transactions, Vol. 28, No. 5
- Batch sizes and lead-time performance in flexible manufacturing systems
  International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 8, No. 1
- Simultaneous resource scheduling with batching to minimize weighted flow times
  IIE Transactions, Vol. 27, No. 5
- A taxonomy for alternative equipment groupings in batch environments
  Omega, Vol. 23, No. 4
- Using production and transfer batches in flowshops under MRP control
  18 November 1999 | Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 12, No. 2
- Performance of manufacturing cells for group technology: a parametric analysis
- Machine sharing in cellular manufacturing systems
- Impact of family-based scheduling on transfer batches in a job shop manufacturing cell
  7 May 2007 | International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 32, No. 12
- Reducing flow between manufacturing cells: a sensitivity analysis
  16 May 2007 | International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 32, No. 9
- Economic scheduling of a new order in a job-shop production system
  International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 25, No. 2
- Effects of Product Structure Complexity on Multi‐level Lot Sizing*
  7 June 2007 | Decision Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 6
- Setup time reduction and competitive advantage in a closed manufacturing cell
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 69, No. 3
- Modelling and analysis of just-in-time manufacturing systems
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1
- New concepts for production planning and control
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 67, No. 3
- Multi-level lot-sizing in a rayon yarn company: A case study
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 65, No. 2
- A Critical Assessment of the Modelling and Analysis of Just-In-Time Manufacturing Systems
- Chapter 5 Performance evaluation of production networks
- Chapter 11 Requirements planning
- Chapter 6 Manufacturing lead times, order release and capacity loading
- Engineering changes and time delays: A field investigation
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 28, No. 3
- Product mix selection and closed manufacturing cell flow time performance
  International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 28, No. 2
- Multi-item batching heuristics for minimization of queueing delays
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 58, No. 1
- A closed loop automatic scheduling system (CLASS)
  15 March 2007 | Production Planning & Control, Vol. 3, No. 2
- Partitioning Work Centers for Group Technology: Analytical Extension and Shop‐Level Simulation Investigation*
  7 June 2007 | Decision Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 2
- Partitioning Work Centers for Group Technology: Insights from an Analytical Model*
  7 June 2007 | Decision Sciences, Vol. 22, No. 4
- Optimization of a multi-stage production-inventory system with significant set-up operation time
  29 October 2007 | International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 22, No. 2
- Optimal and Heuristic Models for Lot Splitting in a Flow Shop
  7 June 2007 | Decision Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 4
- Multi-stage production-inventory systems
  European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 46, No. 1
- Produktionsdurchführungsplanung
- Advances in the Theory and Practice of Production Scheduling
- Queueing analysis of manufacturing systems with set ups
  International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 20, No. 4
- Batching Policy in Kanban systems
  Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 8, No. 4
- A recent survey of production scheduling
  IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 18, No. 6
- Relevant costs, congestion and stochasticity in production environments
  Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 10, No. 3
- Planned Leadtimes For Serial Production Systems
  IIE Transactions, Vol. 19, No. 3
- Manufacturing configuration, capacity and mix decisions considering operational costs
  Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 6, No. 4
- Capacity analysis of a manufacturing cell
  Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 6, No. 3
- On queueing network models of flexible manufacturing systems
  Queueing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1
- Lotsizing in Multi-Item Multi- Machine Job Shops
  9 July 2007 | IIE Transactions, Vol. 17, No. 3
- The Marketing/Manufacturing Interface: Strategic Issues
- Relationships between batch sizes, scheduling policies, and lead times in manufacturing systems
- Batching annealing operations to optimize queueing times and furnace efficiency: a simulation model

Volume 15, Issue 2

March-April 1985

Pages 1-101

Article Information

Metrics

Information

Published Online:April 01, 1985

Cite as

Uday S. Karmarkar, Sham Kekre, Sunder Kekre, Susan Freeman, (1985) Lot-Sizing and Lead-time Performance in a Manufacturing Cell. Interfaces 15(2):1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.15.2.1

Keywords

production/scheduling: lot sizing (closed shop)

PDF download

Available Issues

Available Issues

Available Issues

Available Issues

Available Issues

Available Issues

Available Issues

Lot-Sizing and Lead-time Performance in a Manufacturing Cell

Abstract

Volume 15, Issue 2

Article Information

Metrics

Information

Cite as

Keywords

Sign Up for INFORMS Publications Updates and News