POLCA control in two-stage production systems

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Fernandes, N.O.G.
Thürer, Matthias
Mirzaei, Nima
Ferreira, Luis Pinto
Silva, Francisco J.G.
Carmo-Silva, Sílvio

FERNANDES, N.O.G. [et al.] (2020) - POLCA control in two-stage production systems. Procedia Manufacturing. ISSN 2351-9789. [S.l.] : Elsevier, 51. p. 1491–1496. DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.207

2351-9789

10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.207

POLCA control in two-stage production systems

Two-stage production system
POLCA
Simulation

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2020-11-23T11:17:35Z
2020-11-23T11:17:35Z
2020-11

POLCA (Paired-cell Overlapping Loops of Cards with Authorization) is a decision support system for material flow control under Quick Response Manufacturing. It operates in the context of low-volume, high-mix, and cellular manufacturing. While there is an increasing literature on POLCA performance, current studies usually assume full availability of components (or parts) at assembly stations, neglecting parts manufacturing and feeding. Therefore, this study uses simulation to assess POLCA performance in a two-stage production system, where at the first stage parts are manufactured and at the second, they are assembled into end-products. The study demonstrates that using POLCA to control both production stages, manufacturing and assembly, significantly outperforms the use of POLCA at the assembly stage only, leading to important reductions of the total throughput time of orders and on the percentage of tardy orders. Statistical analysis of our results was conducted using ANOVA.
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