Issue |
RAIRO-Oper. Res.
Volume 57, Number 4, July-August 2023
|
|
---|---|---|
Page(s) | 1797 - 1820 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2023060 | |
Published online | 14 July 2023 |
Analysing a lean manufacturing inventory system with price-sensitive demand and carbon control policies
Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, New Academic Block, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
* Corresponding author: dr.aditikhanna.or@gmail.com
Received:
17
November
2022
Accepted:
23
April
2023
Production lot-sizing techniques used by lean practitioners to lower waste inventories and increase production efficiency in the manufacturing industry, are the subject of this paper’s speculation. Lean manufacturing aims to incorporate innovative tools into the manufacturing process to improve productivity and reduce processing time. In view of this, the model anticipates a flexible production rate based on labor, energy, and tool/die costs, to meet the demand while minimizing wastage. Moreover, a discrete investment in set-up costs is considered to lower the initial set-up cost since it is a critical component of smooth manufacturing operations. Further, it is found that price plays a significant role in stimulating a product’s demand; consequently, demand is presumed to be price-sensitive. Besides this, to reduce the carbon footprint in the production systems, two methods namely “Carbon tax” and “Cap-and-trade”, have been employed. The purpose of the developed model is to maximize total profit by jointly optimizing the production rate, selling price, and set-up cost. Numerical experiments are performed to validate the model findings. Results suggest that manufacturers’ production time decreases simultaneously with the introduction of advanced labor and technologies. With respect to carbon policies, the cap-and-trade policy performs better with an increase in total profit and a higher production rate as compared to a carbon tax. Also, sensitivity analysis is performed to support the manufacturer in the decision-making process for ancillary benefits of the optimal policy.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 90B05
Key words: Lean manufacturing / flexible production rate / price-sensitive demand / set-up cost reduction / carbon emissions
© The authors. Published by EDP Sciences, ROADEF, SMAI 2023
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.