Mean flowtime and inventory in production systems: A finite time analogue to Little's Law

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-46

  Kanet, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowtime; Inventory; Little's Law

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUEUEING THEORY; WAREHOUSES;

FLOWTIME; INVENTORY; LITTLE'S LAW; MEAN ARRIVAL RATE;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 3242726704     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00219-6     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Anupindi R., Chopra S., Deshmukh S., Van Mieghem J., Zemel E. Managing Business Process Flows. 1999;Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
2. Conway R.W., Maxwell W.L., Miller L.W. Theory of Scheduling. 1967;Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
3. Eilon S. A simpler proof of L=λW. Operations Research. 17:1969;915-916.
4. El-Taha M., Stidham S. Jr. Sample-Path Analysis of Queueing Systems. 1999;Kluwer, Boston.
5. Hopp W.J., Spearman M.L. Factory Physics. 2001;Irwin McGraw-Hill, New York.
6. Jewell W. A simple proof of L=λW. Operations Research. 15:1967;1109-1116.
7. Little J.D.C. A proof for the Queuing Formula L=λW. Operations Research. 9:1961;383-387.
8. Little J.D.C. Tautologies, models and theories. Can we find 'laws' of manufacturing? IIE Transactions. 24:1992;7-13.
9. Maxwell W. On the generality of the equation L=λW. Operations Research. 18:1970;172-174.
10. Miyazawa M. Rate conservation Laws. A survey Queueing Systems. 15:1994;1-58.
11. Serfozo R. Introduction to Stochastic Networks. 1999;Springer, New York.
12. Stidham S. Jr. A last word on L=λW. Operations Research. 22:1974;417-421.
13. Whitt W. A review of L=λW and extensions. Queueing Systems. 9:1991;235-268.