The effect of sudden server breakdown on the performance of a disassembly line

Gun Udomsawat; Surendra M. Gupta

doi:10.1117/12.630866

4 November 2005 The effect of sudden server breakdown on the performance of a disassembly line

Gun Udomsawat, Surendra M. Gupta

Proceedings Volume 5997, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing V; 59970C (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.630866
Event: Optics East 2005, 2005, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Product and material recovery relies on the disassembly process to separate target components or materials from the end-of-life (EOL) products. Disassembly line is especially effective when products in large quantity are disassembled. Unlike an assembly line, a disassembly line is more complex and is subjected to numerous uncertainties including stochastic and multi-level arrivals of component demands, stochastic arrival times for EOL products, and process interruption due to equipment failure. These factors seriously impair the control mechanism in the disassembly line. A common production control mechanism is the traditional push system (TPS). TPS responds to the aforementioned complications by carrying substantial amounts of inventories. An alternative control mechanism is a newly developed multi-kanban pull system (MKS) that relies on dynamic routing of kanbans, which tends to minimize the system's inventories while maintaining demand serviceability. In this paper we explore the impact of sudden breakdown of server on the performance of a disassembly line. We compare the overall performances of the TPS and MKS by considering two scenarios. We present the solution procedure and results for these cases.

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Gun Udomsawat and Surendra M. Gupta "The effect of sudden server breakdown on the performance of a disassembly line", Proc. SPIE 5997, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing V, 59970C (4 November 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.630866

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