Optimal investment in setup reduction in manufacturing systems with WIP inventories

A number of models have been proposed to predict optimal setup times, or optimal investment in setup reduction, in manufacturing cells. These have been based on the economic order quantity (EOQ) or economic production quantity (EPQ) model formulation, and have a common limitation in that they neglect work-in-process (WIP) inventories, which can be substantial in manufacturing systems. In this paper a new model is developed that predicts optimal …