Modeling the master production scheduling system with downgraded products for a TFT-LCD module factory

Chun-Cheng Lin*, Jia Rong Kang, Wan Yu Liu, Shu Hsing Chung, Kai Shin Chou

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

At the end processes of TFT-LCD supply chain, the LCM module factory takes charge of the process of assembling products, and its production planning needs to consider various products with different graded TFT-LCD panels while meeting customers' specific qualifications, including lowest acceptance rates for quality and zero-bad-defect quantity. Since the machine setup time of the bottleneck workstation in the factory is very long, it is of practical importance to design an appropriate production scheduling with concerns about times of machine setups and different grades of TFT-LCD products. This paper proposes a production scheduling system that comprises the material planning with downgraded products as well as the bottleneck scheduling for a LCM module factory using make-to-stock production, and solves the system based on integer programming. Experimental results show that the system not only is capable of reducing the number of setup times, but also performs well in efficiency of preparing critical materials. From a practical aspect, such a system can support production managers to plan their production scheduling effectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2012
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages459-463
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781467329453
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2012 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 10 Dec 201213 Dec 2012

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
ISSN (Print)2157-3611
ISSN (Electronic)2157-362X

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period10/12/1213/12/12

Keywords

  • TFT-LCD
  • downgraded product
  • module factory
  • scheduling

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