Abstract
This paper introduces a new highly fiexible manufacturing organization, seru, which has brought huge benefits to industries. Seru was developed to cope with shorter product life-cycles, uncertainty in product types and demands, and fluctuating production demands (sometimes mass, sometimes batch and sometimes very small volumes). We construct a dynamic seru system model to maximize expected company profit under stochastic production demands and uncertain product types. Because the profit function is not concave, a convergent stochastic gradient algorithm is used to find a stable solution. A numerical example is used to illustrate the proposed stochastic gradient algorithm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1739-1745 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ICIC Express Letters |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - May 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Just-in-time organization system
- Market uncertainty
- Mass customization
- Workforce agility