Dynamic Analysis of Production Network from Perspective of Order Flows

AbstractOrder flows arise as abstractions of discrete manufacturing systems, referred to as transfer probability of orders to each manufacturing cell. In this paper, a dynamic model of production network based on state-space is presented from the order flow point of view. Using perturbation analysis, the transfer probability matrices of disturbances are established for the purpose of analyzing the influences of disturbances on the order flows. Also, a method for recalculating the transfer probability matrix of the order flows is proposed. Results of simulations driven by industrial data are used to illustrate the effect of disturbances on dynamic behavior of the production network