Title: Simulation-based optimisation model for paired-cells overlapping loops of cards with authorisation system

Authors: Saeed Abdolmaleki; Sajjad Shokouhyar; Masoud Kasaee

Addresses: Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran ' Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran ' Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: Companies with high variety of high-mix products are interested in having smoother production flow to cope with tardiness, to this end, they have been looking for an effective production and material flow control (PMFC) system to gain competitive advantages. In practice, paired-cells overlapping loops of cards with authorisation (POLCA) system has had a great remarkable success. This paper deals with a simulation-optimisation approach to evaluate POLCA control system in workshops before implementing it.

Keywords: discrete event simulation; POLCA; optimisation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2019.102043

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2019 Vol.33 No.1, pp.58 - 74

Received: 30 Jul 2016
Accepted: 19 Nov 2017
Published online: 04 Sep 2019 *

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