Joint optimization of preventive maintenance and inventory control in a produciton line using simulation

This paper proposes an integrated method for preventive maintenance and inventory control of a production line, composed of n machines (n ? 1) without intermediate buffers. The machines are subject to failures and an age-dependent preventive maintenance policy is used. Approximate analytical results...

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Published inInternational journal of production research Vol. 42; no. 10; p. 2029
Main Authors Rezg, N, Xie, X, Mati, Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis LLC 15.05.2004
Subjects
Inventory control
Methods
Optimization
Preventive maintenance
Production management
Repair & maintenance
Simulation
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Summary:This paper proposes an integrated method for preventive maintenance and inventory control of a production line, composed of n machines (n ? 1) without intermediate buffers. The machines are subject to failures and an age-dependent preventive maintenance policy is used. Approximate analytical results are proposed for the one machine case. Simulation software is used to model and simulate the behaviour of the production line of n machines under various maintenance and inventory control strategies. A methodology combining the simulation and genetic algorithms is proposed jointly to optimize maintenance and inventory control policies. Results are compared with the analytical solutions. [Publication Abstract]
ISSN:0020-7543
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