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Integrated quality strategy in production and raw material replenishment in a manufacturing-oriented supply chain.
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International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology . Oct2015, Vol. 81 Issue 1-4, p335-348. 14p. 5 Diagrams, 7 Charts, 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This paper deals with the coordination of production, replenishment and inspection decisions for a manufacturing-oriented supply chain with a failure-prone transformation stage, random lead time and imperfect delivered lots. Upon reception of the lot, the manufacturer executes an acceptance sampling plan with a zero non-conforming criterion. If the sample does not contain non-conforming items, the lot is accepted; otherwise, it is rejected. In this work, two strategies regarding the refused sampled lot are studied. The first one involves a return of the lot to the supplier, who commits to improving the quality of the lot, while the second assumes that the manufacturer performs a 100 % inspection and rectification operation. This work presents two main objectives. The first one is to jointly optimize, in a stochastic and dynamic context, the ordering point of raw material, the lot size of raw material, the final product inventory threshold and the severity of the sampling plan using a simulation-based optimization approach. The second one is to determine the best of the two quality control strategies. The in-depth study has shown that no strategy could be preferred in all the cases. For this reasons, we present an easy decision-making tool (indifference curves) to help the manager select the best quality control strategy when considering the entire supply chain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02683768
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 1-4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109541557
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-015-7177-0