Planning and scheduling production systems from a logistics perspective
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Planning and scheduling production systems from a logistics perspective Timm Gudehus Æ Herbert Kotzab
Received: 3 June 2008 / Accepted: 12 August 2009 / Published online: 10 September 2009 Springer-Verlag 2009
Abstract Production systems are special performance systems which generate physical goods from input material. Therefore, the methods of system analysis, the limit performance and queuing laws and the strategies, which have been developed for general performance systems such as logistics systems, can be applied to production systems. This article describes strategies and standard procedures for production planning and scheduling, which result from the logistic approach. Keywords Production logistics Planning procedures Scheduling strategies Dynamic scheduling
1 Introduction Since the 1950s, academic research has examined the field of production planning, scheduling and control from theoretical, methodological, practical, and empirical aspect (see e.g. [21]). Literature offers insights into the topic based on case studies representing different types of production companies, such as garment manufacturers, beverage production, pharmaceutical industry, mechanical or electrical engineering, or for different type of manufacturing and/or planning systems such as automated manufacturing systems or hierarchical planning systems (e.g. [3, 12, 13, 14, 19, 23]). Research also looks at the production T. Gudehus Strandweg 54, Hamburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected] H. Kotzab (&) Department of Operations Management, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark e-mail: [email protected]
planning problem whether it occurs for one or multiple products respectively in one or multiple periods (e.g. [5]). A major interest lies in the optimisation of production systems (e.g. [1, 21]). From a logistical point of view, production systems are part of the general supply network of industry, trade and consumers. They are central units of the business networks of manufacturing companies and transform input material into physical goods. Accordingly, production logistics is dealing with planning, organising and scheduling of production orders and assembling orders [9]. As logistic networks supply the input and distribute the output of production systems, production and logistics are closely interrelated. Production planning without taking logistics into account is as incomplete as logistics without considering production. This paper shows that many strategies, methods and procedures of logistics, in particular the limit performance laws, can be applied also for production planning and scheduling [1, 2, 11]. As compared to other production planning frameworks (see e.g. [16]) the proposed procedure has been derived as well from theoretical considerations as from practical insights stemming from successful implementation and experiences from several industries such as tobacco, chemical, beverages, plastic, metal, machines and car industry. First, an overview to modes and types of production systems is given. Thi
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