Buffer size design linked to reliability performance: A simulative study

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1633-1641

  Battini, D ^a   Persona, A ^a   Regattieri, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Availability; Buffer design; Cross matrix; New paradigm; Productivity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC FLOWS; BUFFER CAPACITIES; BUFFER DESIGN; BUFFER SIZES; CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS; CROSS MATRIX; FLOW PRODUCTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BUFFERS; MACHINE FAILURES; MATERIAL FLOWS; NEW PARADIGM; ON-MACHINES; PRODUCTION LINES; RELIABILITY PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH STUDIES; SEMI AUTOMATICS; SERIAL PRODUCTION LINES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACHES; SPEED LOSS; STORAGE CAPACITIES; SUDDEN CHANGES; VARIABLE PROCESSING TIME; WHOLE PLANTS; WHOLE SYSTEMS; WORK-PIECES;

BUFFER STORAGE; MACHINE DESIGN; PURCHASING; RELIABILITY;

AVAILABILITY;

EID: 67349200656     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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