Simulating the change from a push to pull production system Gunn, Bruce 2003, Simulating the change from a push to pull production system, in ICME 2003 : Conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, ICME, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 1-12. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Simulating the change from a push to pull production system Author(s) Gunn, Bruce orcid.org/0000-0002-1190-2435 Conference name International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering (9th : 2003 : Melbourne, Victoria) Conference location Melbourne, Victoria Conference dates 13-15 Oct. 2003 Title of proceedings ICME 2003 : Conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering Editor(s) Brown, R. H. Publication date 2003 Conference series International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering Start page 1 End page 12 Total pages 12 Publisher ICME Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Keyword(s) discrete-event simulation pull systems manufacturing kanban Summary This paper will document the initial discrete-event simulation performed to study a proposed change from a push to a pull system in an existing manufacturing company. The system is characterised by five machine lines with intermediate buffers, and five major part groupings. A simulation model has been developed to mimic the flow of kanban cards in the physical system, by using a series of requests that propagate back through the facility, which the machines must respond to. The customer demand therefore controls the level of activity in the plant. The results of the initial modelling steps will be presented in this paper, especially the impact of kanban lot size and demand variability on the output and stability of the production system, from which a set of future work is proposed. ISBN 1877040177 9781877040177 Language eng Field of Research 080110 Simulation and Modelling Socio Economic Objective 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005123 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering and Technology   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 16 Feb 2009, 10:12:13 EST Fri, 05 Feb 2010, 14:02:37 EST Fri, 05 Feb 2010, 14:03:30 EST Wed, 11 Aug 2010, 10:42:17 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:26:40 EST Fri, 05 Sep 2014, 12:04:25 EST Fri, 05 Sep 2014, 12:05:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 650 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:45:42 EST