MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Session 6

SCHEDULING
E. Gutierrez-Miravete Spring 2001

TYPES OF FLOW SYSTEMS

PRODUCT LAYOUT
ASSEMBLY LINES TRANSFER LINES

PROCESS LAYOUT
FLOW SHOP (jobs go through same sequence) JOB SHOP (each job has its own route)

CELLULAR LAYOUT

PROCESS LAYOUT FLOW SYSTEMS

PRODUCTS ARE RELEASED TO THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN BATCHES IF BATCHES VISIT SAME SEQUENCE OF STATIONS --> FLOW SHOP IF DIFFERENT BATCHES HAVE THEIR OWN ROUTE --> JOB SHOP

FEATURES OF JOB SHOPS

WIDE VARIETY OF PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS MUST BE DESIGNED FOR MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY INDIVIDUAL STATIONS MUST BE CAPABLE OF WIDE VARIETY OF TASKS

FEATURES OF JOB SHOPS

EXPERTISE IS PROCESS RELATED ORGANIZED BY PROCESSING FUNCTION UP TO 95% OF JOB TIME SPENT IN NON-PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY REMAINING 5% SPLIT BETWEEN LOT SETUP AND PROCESSING

THROUGHPUT TIME THE TIME BETWEEN WHEN THE JOB IS RELEASED TO THE SHOP AND WHEN IT IS COMPLETED AND READY FOR DELIVERY

COMPONENTS OF THROUGHPUT TIME PROCESSING TIME SETUP TIME MATERIAL HANDLING TIME WAITING TIME

SHOP FLOW AND QUEUEING THEORY

Fig. 4.1 (Group vs Serial) JOB ARRIVAL RATE: RANDOM; EXPONENTIAL INTERARRIVAL TIMES PROCESSING TIMES: EXPONENTIALLY DISTRIBUTED NUMBER OF SERVERS

PARALLEL VS SERIAL JOB SHOPS AS QUEUES

STEADY STATE SYSTEM GIVEN ARRIVAL RATE (P), SERVICING RATE (Q) AND NUMBER OF SERVERS (c) SINGLE GROUP/SINGLE QUEUE

M/M/c/INF (Table 11.1)

WORK DIVISIBILITY/SERIAL SYSTEM

GI/G/1 (Sec. 11.3)

KEY QUESTIONS
WHEN TO RELEASE ORDERS TO THE PRODUCTION FACILITY? HOW TO SEQUENCE JOBS AT A SINGLE WORKSTATION? HOW TO SCHEDULE JOBS THROUGH THE ENTIRE FACILITY?

ORDER RELEASE
BASIC PROBLEM: FROM A LIST OF PENDING ORDERS SELECT THE TIME TO BEGIN PROCESSING SHOP MANAGERS GOAL: KEEP ALL MACHINES BUSY SALES DEPARTMENT GOAL: TO MEET ALL CUSTOMER DUE DATES USE AVERAGE STATION DELAY TIME

AVERAGE STATION DELAY TIMES

pij

= PROCESSING TIME FOR JOB i IN MACHINE j

wj

= AVERAGE WAITING TIME IN QUEUE AT j

mj

= TIME REQUIRED TO COLLECT AND MOVE PART i AFTER DONE AT j

THROUGHPUT TIME

T = 7S{i} ( pij + wj + mj)

WHERE S{i} = SET OF STATIONS VISITED BY PART i JOB MUST BE RELEASED AT TIME T BEFORE ITS DUE DATE Example 4.1 and Figure 4.2

PROBLEMS WITH AWDT APPROACH

VALID ONLY UNDER STABLE CONDITIONS. HOWEVER
QUEUES VARY THROUGH TIME MACHINE FAILURE IS RANDOM

PRUDENT MANAGER WOULD RELEASE THE JOB EARLIER! (What is the likely consequence of this?)

HOW TO STABILIZE TIME VARYING LOADS?

BY DAMPING DEMAND VARIABILITY
USING DYNAMIC QUEUE AVERAGES USING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE USING PROCESS DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS USING STANDARIZED PROCEDURES

COMMON TOOL FOR CONTROLLING WORK LOADS --> LOAD REPORTS (See Fig. 4.3 and Example 4.2)

LOAD REPORTS (contd)

FOR FINITE-LOADING PRODUCTION PLANNING SYSTEMS FCFS VS OTHER SERVICING RULES EACH PART BETTER HAVE ITS OWN LOAD PROFILE (TIME-PHASED LISTING OF RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS ON EACH WORKCENTER TO PRODUCE A SINGLE PART UNIT)

LOAD REPORTS (contd)

TWO BASIC RULES
IF YOU CANT SELL IT, DONT RELEASE IT IF YOU CANT MAKE IT NOW, DONT RELEASE IT

MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (MRP) vs RELIABILITY LAW

BOTTLENECKS
WORKCENTER WITH THE HIGHEST UTILIZATION UTILIZATION = PROCESSING TIME/AVAILABLE TIME BOTTLENECK SCHEDULING GOAL: TO MAXIMIZE THE PRODUCTIVE UTILIZATION OF BOTTLENECKS

UTILIZATION
FOR PART i AND WORKCENTER m DEMAND OF i Di SCHEDULABLE TIME Pm LOAD PROFILE pim UTILIZATION um

um = 7 pimDi/ Pm

UTILIZATION (contd)
Where are the largest utilizations? What is the consequence of having a workcenter with utilization greater than 1? Who is the bottleneck if all utilizations are less than 1? Why it may be desirable to accumulate significant WIP in front of the bottleneck?

BATCH SIZE (few parts, repetitive)

SET UP COST A AVERAGE DEMAND RATE D INVENTORY HOLDING COST PER TIME h BATCH SIZE Q

Q2 = 2 A D /h

FLOW SHOP SEQUENCING

SEQUENCING: PROCESS OF
DEFINING THE ORDER IN WHICH JOBS ARE TO BE RUN ON A MACHINE

SCHEDULING: PROCESS OF
ADDING START AND FINISH TIME TO THE PROCESS DICTATED BY THE SEQUENCE

FLOW SHOP SEQUENCING

SEMIACTIVE SCHEDULE: EACH
JOB STARTS ON A MACHINE AS SOON AS THE JOB AS FINISHED ALL PRIOR OPERATIONS AND THE MACHINE HAS COMPLETED ALL EARLIER JOBS IN ITS SEQUENCE

FLOW SHOP SEQUENCING

REGULAR MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE (nondecreasing in job completion times)
AVERAGE COMPLETION TIME MAXIMUM COMPLETION TIME FLOW TIME LATENESS TARDINESS

DEFINITIONS
PROBLEM VARIABLES
NUMBER OF JOBS SCHEDULED (N) NUMBER OF MACHINES (M) DUE DATE OF JOB i (di) SETUP AND PROCESSING TIME OF JOB i IN MACHINE j (pij)

DEFINITIONS
SOLUTION DEPENDENT MEASURES
TIME FOR COMPLETING JOB i

(Ci)

LENGTH OF TIME IN SHOP (FLOW TIME) (Fi)

= Ci - di) TARDINESS ( Ti = max{0,Li} )

MAKESPAN (TIME FOR ALL JOBS)

LATENESS (Li

Cmax

TYPICAL OBJECTIVES
MINIMIZE AVERAGE FLOW TIME MINIMIZE MAKESPAN MINIMIZE AVERAGE TARDINESS MINIMIZE MAXIMUM TARDINESS MINIMIZE NUMBER OF TARDY JOBS

NOTATION
SCHEDULING N JOBS IN M MACHINES ACCORDING TO JOB FLOW PATTERN A AND PERFORMANCE MEASURE B

N/M/A/B
EXAMPLE: MINIMIZE AVERAGE FLOW TIME WITH ARBITRARY FLOW PATTERN G --> N/M/G/Fave

PERMUTATION SCHEDULE
ALL JOBS VISIT MACHINES IN SAME SEQUENCE ALL MACHINES PROCESS JOBS IN THE SAME ORDER Example 4.3 and Fig. 4.5

GANTT CHARTS

LOWER BOUND ON SCHEDULE MAKESPAN

Each machine supplies a lower bound A lower bound based on machine j is

LBj = min i { 7 r (pir)} + 7 i ->j-1 (pij) + min i { 7r (pir) }

Example 4.4 and Fig. 4.6

SINGLE MACHINE SCHEDULING

LET M = 1 GOAL: MINIMIZE AVERAGE JOB FLOW TIME (i.e. MINIMIZE AVE. WIP) SHORTEST PROCESSING TIME (SPT) SCHEDULING EARLIEST DUE DATE (EDD) SCHEDULING Example 4.5 ; Example 4.6; Example 4.7

TWO MACHINE FLOW SHOPS

JOBS WITH SHORT PROCESSING TIME IN MACHINE 1 GO EARLY JOBS WITH SHORT PROCESSING TIME IN MACHINE 2 GO LATE JOHNSONS ALGORITHM (p. 111) Example 4.8; Example 4.9 and Fig. 4.8

JOB SHOP SCHEDULING

GENERAL PROBLEM: TO SCHEDULE PRODUCTION TIMES FOR N JOBS ON M MACHINES FOR EACH JOB, MACHINE SEQUENCE and PROCESSING TIMES ARE KNOWN POSSIBLE OBJECTIVES
MINIMIZE MAKESPAN, OR MINIMIZE NUMBER OF TARDY JOBS, ...

DISPATCHING RULES
DISPATCHING: SELECTING OF A JOB
FROM INPUT QUEUE FOR PROCESSING WHEN PROCESSOR BECOMES AVAILABLE

STANDARD DISPATCHING RULES STATIC RULES VS. DYNAMIC RULES SLACK BASED RULES MYOPIC VS GLOBAL RULES Table 4.7 (p. 115); Example 4.10

SCHEDULE GENERATION
FULLY ACTIVE SCHEDULE: NEVER MAKE A JOB WAIT IN QUEUE WHEN IT CAN BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE NEXT JOB IS SCHEDULED TO START NONDELAY SCHEDULE: MACHINE IS NEVER IDLE WHEN ITS QUEUE IS NON-EMPTY Table 4.9 (p. 117) and Fig. 4.9