The Combination of Push and Fuzzy Logic Control for the Production Control of a General Serial Line

Production control plays an important role in enterprise management. In this paper push policy and fuzzy logic control (FLC) policy were applied together into the production control of a general single-product serial line. The hybrid control system and the design of controller were described in detail. In a numeral example the Push/FLC system was compared with CONWIP, kanban and a crisp hybrid system called Local/Global Pull here. The results from the example showed that the hybrid Push/FLC system holds a quite low WIP level and an absolute superiority in order placement fluctuation control.