Application of optimized production technology in a capacity constrained flow shop: A case study in a battery factory

Abstract

Abstract An application of the OPT principles and some simple scheduling rules without the sophisticated OPT software in a four-stage capacity constrained flow shop is demonstrated by using a medium-sized battery factory as a case study. The throughput and inventory performances of OPT policy are evaluated and compared with those of push and pull policies by using a simulation study. The performances of OPT are attractive. Although, the OPT policy has relatively low inventory level, it can still maintain relatively high throughput rate.