PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR THE THROUGHPUT OF UNBALANCED, UNBUFFERED 3-STATION SERIAL LINES

Authors
BAKER KR POWELL SG PYKE DF
Citation
Kr. Baker et al., PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR THE THROUGHPUT OF UNBALANCED, UNBUFFERED 3-STATION SERIAL LINES, IIE transactions, 26(4), 1994, pp. 62-71
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science","Engineering, Industrial
Journal title
IIE transactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
0740817X
Volume
26
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
62 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-817X(1994)26:4<62:PMFTTO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The three-station serial line is a fundamental building block of many complex production systems. In this paper we develop methods for predi cting the throughput of unbalanced three-station serial lines- We mode l the variability of processing times using a variety of probability d istributions that spans the range of variabilities encountered in prac tice. We develop procedures for approximating throughput, for any allo cation of total mean processing time, based on the throughput of a sma ll number of easily analyzed cases.