Data driven bottleneck detection of manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5019-5036

  Li, Lin ^a   Chang, Qing ^b   Ni, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Data driven; Short term; Turning point

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENECK DETECTION; BOTTLENECK LOCATION; DATA DRIVEN; DATA-DRIVEN METHODS; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; LONG TERM; MANUFACTURING RESOURCE; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; PLANT FLOORS; PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS; PRODUCTION LINE; SHORT TERM; SIMULATION MODEL; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT; TOTAL COSTS; TURNING POINTS;

INSPECTION; SIMULATORS; TURNING;

THROUGHPUT;

EID: 70449688157     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701881860     Document Type: Article

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