Production control in a consumer electronics factory

Abstract

This paper deals with production control in a consumer electronics factory. A short description of the situation and of the actual way of control (Material Requirements Planning) is given. Most attention is paid to modularity. The concept of marketing modularity is introducedto be able to analyze in the advantages of product modularity increasing external flexibility by geherating component stocks.

Capacity analysis of two-stage production lines with many products

“…An example of such a line is the automatic insertion department in the consumer electronics factory described in refs. [ 1 ], [2 ] and [ 3 ]. In the automatic insertion department electronic components are inserted mechanically on printed circuit boards.…”