Abstract
Recently, getting more reduction of energy consumption is attracting the attention not only of society, but also of industries. The other hand, the industries need to apply high-mix low-volume productions in response to customer needs. Therefore, the industries have to simultaneously realize productivity applying high-mix low-volume productions, and reduction of energy consumption. Previous studies conducted on the formulation of energy consumption per production throughput. However, research on the formulation of considering production for the high-mix low-volume production line has not been conducted.
In this study, we propose a formulation of relationship between production conditions and energy consumption per production throughput for high-mix low-volume productions. We consider lot size, cycle time, and setting-up time as production conditions. Case studies for the printed circuit board production are carried out to verify our proposed formulation.
