A Simulation Design for Multi Indenture Multi Echelon Systems with Lateral Transshipments

수평보급이 적용된 Multi Indenture Multi Echelon 시스템에 대한 시뮬레이션 설계

  • Chung, Il-Han (System Development Team1/R &D Center, Hyundai Rotem Company) ;
  • Yun, Won-Young (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 정일한 (현대로템(주) 기술연구소 체계개발 1팀) ;
  • 윤원영 (부산대학교 산업공학과)
  • Received : 2008.01.17
  • Accepted : 2008.08.11
  • Published : 2008.12.31

Abstract

This paper deals with a design problem of simulation for MIME (multi indenture and multi echelon) with lateral transshipment. Especially, we consider lateral transshipments in case that (S-1, S) ordering policy is used in multi echelon repair system. Some rules for ordering spare parts in lateral transshipments between the lowest-level units are studied and are implemented by an activity diagram in object-oriented method. By numerical examples, we compare regular (S-1, S) ordering policy and (S-1, S) policy with lateral transshipment.

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