A framework for quantitative comparison of production control concepts
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Abstract
SUMMARY The intention of this paper is to develop a framework in order to compare various concepts in production control. It encompasses specific versions of the concepts of Statistical Inventory Control, Manufacturing Resource Planning with safety stocks, Manufacturing Resource Planning with overplanning, Just-In-Time and Optimized Production Technology. This framework will hopefully serve to simplify answers to the important question: 'Which concept fits which production situation? ' The development of this framework starts with an abstract description of the production situation in terms of a number of characteristics. Next a suitable choice of performance indicators is specified. The selected characteristics are converted into measurable representative variables. Some conjectures about dominance regions for control concepts are indicated. These conjectures are to be verified by simulation experiments in the near future.