Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1985
Degree Name
Master of Science in Management Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Industrial and Management Engineering
First Advisor
Albert S. Viviani
Abstract
Most of the methodology for Manufacturing Systems has been devoted to Job Shops. Frequently the assumption has been made that, because Job Shops are the most complicated their methodology should fit Repetitive Manufacturing as well.
For years the Repetitive producers had been ignored as Production and Inventory Control Techniques were developed, implemented and refined to assist discrete Job Shops environments with Material Planning problems.
The application of modern Production and Inventory Control Techniques especially MRP II in the Repetitive Manufacturing Industries is receiving increasing attention from experts in the Production and Inventory Control field.
During the research for this Thesis very few information on the subject of MRP II in the Repetitive Manufacturing environment was found; therefore a real need existed for a study of the changes necessary to implement existing MRP II software in Repetitive Production Industries.
Ideas from MRP II System and Just-in-Time, the Japanese Production and Inventory Control System for Repetitive Manufacturing are analyzed, for adaptation into improved System for control of Repetitive Manufacturing Processes in the United States.
This Thesis develops a modified system to show that Repetitive Manufacturing Systems require a Production and Inventory Control module with a much different emphasis than the closed loop MRP II system used in Job Shops.
The definition as well as the characteristics of the Repetitive Manufacturing environment is discussed to clarify the understanding of the problems inherent to conventional MRP II.
Recommended Citation
Yuen, Irma L., "Application of manufacturing resources planning to repetitive manufacturing environments" (1985). Theses. 3492.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3492
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