An investigation of lead-time effects in manufacturing/remanufacturing systems under simple PUSH and PULL control strategies

The effects of lead-time duration and variability on total expected costs in manufacturing/remanufacturing were investigated using the PUSH and PULL control strategies proposed by van der Laan et al (1995). It was shown that manufacturing lead-times exert more influence on system costs than remanufacturing lead-times for both control strategies. In addition, cost reduction may sometimes arise due a larger remanufacturing lead-time and a larger variability in the manufacturing lead-time.