8/24/04 Paul A. Jensen Operations Research Models and Methods Copyright All rights reserved Models for the Production System
2 What this course will do: Provide an understanding of problems and issues in manufacturing design Build flow models embodying the components of the manufacturing process Use operations research tools to analyze models and make decisions Identify waste in the manufacturing process Use models to quantify waste Use models for decisions to alleviate waste
3 The production system may be very complex
4 Many design issues arise for the production system
5 The process is described by its operations
6 Alternative process designs with the same operations
7 The process model admits greater detail
8 Numerical parameters describe components Operation Transportation Inspection
9 Operations Involving Waiting Delays Storage
10 The models must describe multiple products
11 Our Goal: Build models to answer significant design questions Use operations research tools to provide assistance to decision makers
12 For Homework Table manufacture problem Identify some simple process Construct an operations process chart Give estimates of the important parameters for each operation defined