The linear simulation based production cycle shortening project for a North American telecommunication equipment manufac
  • Abstract
  • Business Challenges
  • Solutions
  • Improved Outcomes

The client corporation is dedicated to improving user experiences, promoting global business and protecting business information. With businesses in over 150 countries, it offers service providers and corporate customers innovative technologies and solutions covering port-to-port broadband, VoIP, multimedia services and applications and wireless network.

1. A large assortment of products mostly based on mixed line production

2. Complicated production process  

3. Expensive facilities, low efficiencies and large idle costs

4. Complex manufacturing techniques and long change time


1. The adoption of Promodel to perform system linear simulation and optimize the mixed line production planning and scheduling

2. The understanding of bottleneck operations for different products

3. The design of the interface procedures for the push-down model and the pull-back plan

4. The production capacity optimization and the work-in-process inventory reduction


1. The production line linear simulation model

2. The production plan coordination model

3. A 50% reduction for the work-in-process inventory

4. A 30% production capacity increase