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The Impact of Inspector Fallibility on the Inspection Policy in Serial Production Systems

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  • Donald P. Ballou

    (State University of New York at Albany)

  • Harold L. Pazer

    (State University of New York at Albany)

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Appropriate inspection is a significant component of production systems. In this paper a model is developed to determine the optimal placement of inspection stations within n-stage linear production systems. This model accommodates two types of inspector fallibility: "predictable," which implies that the error rates are known and constant, and "erratic," which requires a random variable to describe inspector performance. Cost per good unit accepted by the customer is used as the optimizing criterion. The cost-quality response surface is explored through a sequential sensitivity analysis. Our results indicate that under certain conditions the level of predictable inspector fallibility significantly impacts the number and placement of inspection stations as well as cost per good unit produced. The modeled systems, however, were quite insensitive to the variability of inspector performance. This production-inspection model provides management with information on the optimal number and placement of inspection stations for specific planned or existing serial production systems. It can also be used by management to explore various policy options, such as the cost implications of increasing the quality vs. the quantity of inspection stations. The data required by the model can be obtained at reasonable cost provided management is willing to estimate or determine judgementally certain of the variables.

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  • Donald P. Ballou & Harold L. Pazer, 1982. "The Impact of Inspector Fallibility on the Inspection Policy in Serial Production Systems," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 28(4), pages 387-399, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:28:y:1982:i:4:p:387-399
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.28.4.387
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    1. Van Volsem, Sofie & Dullaert, Wout & Van Landeghem, Hendrik, 2007. "An Evolutionary Algorithm and discrete event simulation for optimizing inspection strategies for multi-stage processes," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 179(3), pages 621-633, June.
    2. Donald Ballou & Richard Wang & Harold Pazer & Giri Kumar Tayi, 1998. "Modeling Information Manufacturing Systems to Determine Information Product Quality," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 44(4), pages 462-484, April.
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    9. Paul F. Zantek & Gordon P. Wright & Robert D. Plante, 2002. "Process and Product Improvement in Manufacturing Systems with Correlated Stages," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 48(5), pages 591-606, May.
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