An Assessment of Some Approaches to Hierarchical Production Planning

Abstract

Some hierarchical approaches for production planning in a batch type manufacturing environment are described. In a single stage production system, three aggregation levels exist: types, families and items. The performance of a hierarchical system model is largely dependent on the methods of disaggregation at different levels. This paper reports on a study of hierarchical methods at the family disaggregation level and incorporates a simple modification to improve upon a heuristic proposed by Winters. Results indicate that even a very simple hierarchical planning approach can give a significant reduction in backorders in a production shop having severe capacity restriction.

Citation

Mohanty, R.P. and Krishnaswamy, M.V.R. (1984), "An Assessment of Some Approaches to Hierarchical Production Planning", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 48-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054707