c‐Bottlenecks in serial production lines: Identification andapplication

Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Tập 7 Số 6 - Trang 543-578 - 2001
Shu-Yin Chiang1, C.-T. Kuo2, Semyon M. Meerkov3
1Department of Computer Communication Engineering, Ming-Chuan University, Taoyuan County, R.O.C., Taiwan
2Deceased, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2122, MI, USA
3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2122, MI, USA

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The bottleneck of a production line is a machine that impedes the system performance in the strongest manner. In production lines with the so‐called Markovian model of machine reliability, bottlenecks with respect to the downtime, uptime, and the cycle time of the machines can be introduced. The two former have been addressed in recent publications [1] and [2]. The latter is investigated in this paper. Specifically, using a novel aggregation procedure for performance analysis of production lines with Markovian machines having different cycle time, we develop a method for c‐bottleneck identification and apply it in a case study to a camshaft production line at an automotive engine plant.

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Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Tập 7 Số 6

543-578

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