Abstract:
The manufacturing industries for the past few decades are looking for the
optimization of the parameters, like work in process and manufacturing lead
time. The pull control systems result in reduction of lead time, work-in-
process and cost. These control systems also improve quality, production
volumes and eliminates waste. The blends of the existing pull control systems
translate as a new approach to satisfy the manufacturing requirements.
The thesis addresses the modeling and simulation analysis of CONWIP, KCS
and EKCS for single flow line multi-stage; multi flow line multi-stage; and
single flow line multi-stage multi-product systems. The thesis is classified into
four stages; literature review, research objectives, model configuration and
simulation, simulation results for performance analysis along with a case study of the industry.
