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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS<br />

JUNE 2011<br />

VOL 3, NO 2<br />

significant metrics selected. The case study implementation recommendations based on dynamic<br />

programming results are shown in Table 6.<br />

Table 5. Mean predicted and simulated results<br />

Stage<br />

Buffer<br />

size<br />

Predicted<br />

system run<br />

time<br />

Simulated<br />

system run<br />

time<br />

Predicted stage<br />

production<br />

cost($)<br />

Simulated stage<br />

production<br />

cost($)<br />

Predicted total<br />

production<br />

cost($)<br />

Simulated total<br />

production<br />

cost($)<br />

1 1.6317 1.2087 1631.74 1208.70 3185.88 3648.00<br />

Process<br />

improvement<br />

GT: just A1<br />

GT:<br />

SMT and A1<br />

Pull<br />

schedule<br />

Cell<br />

down<br />

rule<br />

2 0.7987 1.2101 798.67 1210.10 2352.80 3649.40<br />

3 1.6128 1.2218 1612.78 1221.80 3166.91 3661.10<br />

4 1.6006 1.2126 1600.63 1212.60 3154.76 3651.90<br />

5 0.8324 1.2064 832.42 1206.40 2386.55 3645.70<br />

1 0.6992 0.5257 699.18 525.70 1907.83 2444.30<br />

2 0.3607 0.5228 360.73 522.80 1569.38 2441.40<br />

3 0.7019 0.5199 701.87 517.90 1910.52 2438.50<br />

4 0.6736 0.5103 673.60 510.30 1882.25 2428.90<br />

5 0.3593 0.5207 359.28 520.70 1567.93 2439.30<br />

1 0.7029 0.5207 702.94 520.70 1572.78 1918.60<br />

2 0.3508 0.5315 350.79 531.50 1223.63 1929.40<br />

3 0.7482 0.5422 748.24 542.20 1621.08 1940.10<br />

4 0.7042 0.5335 704.22 533.50 1577.06 1931.40<br />

5 0.3358 0.5247 355.81 524.70 1208.65 1922.60<br />

1 0.7277 0.5390 727.65 539.00 1271.33 1408.80<br />

2 0.3362 0.5336 336.17 533.60 879.85 1403.40<br />

3 0.6971 0.5281 697.09 528.10 1240.77 1397.90<br />

4 0.7123 0.5396 712.27 539.60 1255.95 1409.40<br />

5 0.3292 0.5396 329.16 539.60 872.84 1409.40<br />

1 1.2041 0.8919 1204.06 891.90 1204.06 891.90<br />

2 0.5814 0.8809 581.39 880.90 581.39 880.90<br />

3 4.1481 0.8698 1148.14 869.80 1148.14 869.80<br />

4 1.1791 0.8734 1179.09 873.40 1179.09 873.40<br />

5 0.5437 0.8769 543.68 876.90 543.68 876.90<br />

Table 6. Implementation recommendations<br />

Implementation Stage<br />

Buffer size<br />

State<br />

All three Process improvement 5 (largest)<br />

Both Both Group technology A/I 5 5<br />

First two Group technology A/I and SMT 1 (smallest)<br />

All 13 Pull scheduling 3<br />

First four Cell down rule 3<br />

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