Demand Variations Ask for Cost-effective Manufacturing Flexibility
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The aim of the research project was to identify ways to maximise the flexibility of the plant by varying equipment utilization, while guaranteeing a certain level of profit. A case study was conducted at a company that makes various types of food additives, which are produced in a multi-product multipurpose batch plant. At the time of the research, market demand was exceeding the company's production capacity. Operations management was, therefore, re-evaluating its current product portfolio and its medium-term production planning. A manufacturing planning LP model is developed that can support the manufacturing allocation decisions making in order to compose a medium-term planning, which is optimised for manufacturing flexibility. The results are depicted in a flexibility chart that gives the manufacturer valuable information on the flexibility cost trade-off.
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