Which one is responsible for WIP: the workstations or the material handling system?
作者:
MANDYAMM. SRINIVASAN,
YAVUZA. BOZER,
期刊:
International Journal of Production Research
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 30,
issue 6
页码: 1369-1399
ISSN:0020-7543
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/00207549208942962
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The answer to the above question may seem obvious: whichever of the two is the bottleneck, and if there is none, whichever of the two has longer ‘service times” and/or larger variation in service times. As we empirically show in this study, the answer is not quite so obvious. In fact, our simulation results suggest that, as long as there are no bottlenecks in the system, the material handling system should almost never be responsible for work-in-process even if it has service time parameters that are comparable to processing times at the workstations. In the paper we first show the simulation results, and subsequently we provide insight based on well-known analytical results in queueing theory. We also discuss certain properties of the workstations and the handling system that affect the work-in-process levels
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