Poboljšanje proizvodnosti i reaktivnosti kroz integrirani proces planiranja i autoriziranja

Autoriziranje se može opisati kao signal u okviru sustava koji određuje može li neki posao započeti ili ne. Dok se u push sustavima započimanje poslova programira, u pull sustavima oni se autoriziraju budući da se proizvodni sustavi pull tipa upravljaju downstream informacijama. Tradicionalno se procesi planiranja i autoriziranja smatraju odvojenim zadacima koji se izvršavaju u slijedu te se autoriziranje izvršava nakon što su napravljeni planovi za odvijanje procesa. Imajući u vidu činjenicu da su njihove funkcije obično komplementarne, veća se proizvodnost i reaktivnost mogu postići kad se one integriraju. Iako radovi koji se bave planiranjem i programiranjem integriranih procesa (IPPS) postaju sve popularniji, koliko mi znamo, nema rada koji razmatra integraciju planiranja i autoriziranja procesa. Cilj je ovoga rada upozoriti na integraciju planiranja i autoriziranja procesa predstavljanjem novog modela nazvanog planiranje i autoriziranje integriranih procesa (IPPA). Prvi rezultati primjene IPPA pokazuju da je primjereno vršiti takvo integriranje te onda i stjecati prednosti kroz tu integraciju. Mala poduzeća (SMEs) naročito mogu imati koristi od IPPA zbog toga što on slabo ovisi od (profesionalne) softverske podrške.
Authorizing can be described as an endogenous system signal that determines whether a job release is allowed or not. Whereas job releases are scheduled in push systems, they are authorized in pull systems since pull-type manufacturing systems are controlled by downstream information. Traditionally, process planning and authorizing are regarded as separate tasks performed sequentially, where authorizing is implemented after process plans have been generated. In view of the fact that their functions are usually complementary, higher productivity and responsiveness can be achieved when they are integrated. Although the studies related with integrated process planning & scheduling (IPPS) are increasingly popular, according to our best knowledge, there is no study researching the integration of process planning and authorizing. This study aims to call attention to the integration of process planning and authorizing through presenting a novel model that is called integrated process planning & authorizing (IPPA). Primary implementation results of IPPA demonstrate that making the integration and hence gaining advantage through integration are pertinent. SMEs can especially get in favour of IPPA because of its slight dependence on (professional) software support.