Strategic management/design approach to a job-shop production system

A macro-level (or economic) model of a job-shop is proposed and developed for periodic and dynamic types. A strategic management/design approach is discussed by applying the two-stage design method. It gives the problem of setting the economic leadtime in the respective models. The existence of economic leadtime is ascertained numerically, and a design comparison of a periodic versus a semidynamic type is given. The pair-matrix table consisting of economics and reliability elements is then given for summary, and a strategy for demand-to-supply management is discussed on ellipse shape. Finally, an real situation is introduced and the validity of modelling shown.