Decision Sciences Journal
Volume 31, Number 2
Spring 2000
A Load-based and Due-date-oriented Approach to Order Review/Release
in Job Shops
I. Sabuncuoglu
Department of Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara,
Turkey 06533,
email: sabun@bilkent.edu.tr
H. Y. Karapinar
Aselsan Electronics Industries, Inc., Ankara, Turkey 06172, email:
hkarapinar@hc.aselsan.com.tr
ABSTRACT. In this paper, a new order review/release
(ORR) method is proposed for shop floor control systems. The
proposed method utilizes both job due date and shop load information
to improve the effectiveness of the ORR function in production
systems. The performance of the new method is compared to those
of a few well-known ORR methods under four experimental conditions.
The results of extensive simulation experiments indicate that
the proposed method is superior with respect to the mean absolute
deviation measure. In general, it is also better than existing
methods for the other performance measures. Furthermore, we show
that the proposed method is more robust to variations in system
load and processing times than the other ORR methods examined.
Subject Areas: Order/Review Release, Production/Operations
Management, and Simulation. |