A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR THE THROUGHPUT OF SIMPLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS

Authors
BAKER KR POWELL SG
Citation
Kr. Baker et Sg. Powell, A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR THE THROUGHPUT OF SIMPLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS, European journal of operational research, 81(2), 1995, pp. 336-345
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Management,"Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
European journal of operational research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03772217
Volume
81
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
336 - 345
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-2217(1995)81:2<336:APMFTT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Along with the three-station serial line, the three-station assembly s ystem is a fundamental building block of many production systems, yet its throughput is quite difficult to analyze. In this paper we develop approximate methods for predicting the throughput of unbalanced three -station assembly systems. We present a distribution-free approach for the general case, but our approximation can harness closed-form analy tic results for particular distributions when they exist.