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An Enterprise Decision Model for a Large Scale Assembly Operation

Authors :
Jarrod M. Thome
Lawrence E. Whitman
Source :
IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 47:4286-4291
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2014.

Abstract

Aircraft manufacturing is typically characterized by large, highly complex end items that require a great deal of human assembly resources. For large scale operations producing complex items at high volumes, management oversight is broken down into discrete areas that operate as internal suppliers/customers to each other. While the scale of the production system lends itself to this decomposition, global efficiency can suffer in such a scenario (based on internal managerial and political dynamics). This paper presents an enterprise model for optimizing a large scale, high volume assembly operation based on the minimization of the variability between labour capacity and labour demand.

Details

ISSN :
14746670
Volume :
47
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
IFAC Proceedings Volumes
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........06e6a57df0201d3a2d7a94e1460e6fdb
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3182/20140824-6-za-1003.02311