Abstract
An integrated approach to the problem of allocation of inspection effort in multistage production systems is presented. The problem addresses multiple inspection operations, different disposition policies and inspection, production and repair errors. Quality and cost transfer functions are developed to model production operations and different types of inspection operations in a unified manner and to facilitate the recursive computations required to evaluate alternative system configurations. We formulate the combined inspection location and sequencing problem as a nonlinear mathematical programming problem and solve it with a branch and bound technique, using a heuristic to generate a feasible solution and upper bound. These developments are illustrated with a numerical example.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1645-1659 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | International Journal of Production Research |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Strategy and Management
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering