Abstract
This paper discusses the issue of integrating production and maintenance in manufacturing production systems. The objective is to find an integrated lot-sizing and preventive maintenance strategy of the system that satisfies the demand for all product types without backlogging, and which minimizes the sum of production and maintenance costs. Optimal buffer sizing is also considered in this model. The procedure used to reach the objective is valid for other maintenance policies as well. A simulation model was developed to evaluate the total cost of operating the production system when a finite-capacity buffer stock is introduced between each pair of machine. The simulation model gives the opportunity to evaluate the performance of a production system under different integrated production and maintenance plans as well as under different system configurations.
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