Synchronized Production

同步生产

• 批准号: 8905638
• 负责人: Mark Spearman
• 金额: $ 16万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-11-15 至 1992-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8905638&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Synchronized; Production

In recent years American manufacturers have faced increasing competition from abroad. In addition to having low prices, being competitive now requires outstanding quality, short lead times, and increased responsiveness to customer's changing demands. Companies that have successfully responded to this changing environment have done so by decreasing work in process (WIP) and finished goods inventory levels thereby allowing early detection of quality problems, shorter lead times, and less vulnerability to changing demands. A major cause of high WIP levels and long lead times is the lack of synchronization between fabrication and assembly. Where they are applicable, Kanban and other such pull systems achieve a high degree of synchronization. Unfortunately, Kanban is suitable only for repetitive manufacturing environments. Thus, less effective but more applicable systems such as Materials Requirements Planning continue to find application. This project will develop a production control strategy, called Synchronized Production, that offers the increased performance of Kanban in a much wider variety of manufacturing environments. IBM Corporation is funding certain portions of the research that pertain directly to a circuit board plant. The result of the joint NSF and IBM funding will be the basic theory behind the new control strategy as well as experience with portions of its implementation. By combining industry and government support, this project will develop both the theoretical and applied results needed to enable Synchronized Production to play a role in restoring the competitiveness of American manufacturing.

近年来，美国制造商面临着来自国外日益激烈的竞争。 除了低廉的价格之外，现在的竞争力还需要卓越的质量、较短的交货时间以及对客户不断变化的需求的更高的响应能力。 成功应对这种不断变化的环境的公司通过降低在制品 (WIP) 和成品库存水平来做到这一点，从而能够及早发现质量问题、缩短交货时间并减少对不断变化的需求的脆弱性。 高 WIP 水平和长交货时间的主要原因是制造和装配之间缺乏同步。 在适用的情况下，看板和其他此类拉式系统可以实现高度同步。 不幸的是，看板仅适用于重复制造环境。 因此，效率较低但更适用的系统（例如物料需求计划）继续得到应用。 该项目将开发一种称为“同步生产”的生产控制策略，该策略可在更广泛的制造环境中提高看板的性能。 IBM 公司正在资助与电路板工厂直接相关的某些研究部分。 NSF 和 IBM 联合资助的成果将是新控制策略背后的基本理论以及部分实施的经验。 通过结合行业和政府的支持，该项目将开发使同步生产在恢复美国制造业竞争力方面发挥作用所需的理论和应用成果。