Transient analysis of downtimes and bottleneck dynamics in serial manufacturing systems

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Qing ^a   Biller, Stephan ^b   Xiao, Guoxian ^b  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

bottleneck analysis; opportunistic maintenance; opportunity window; real time production control

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; MAINTENANCE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; REAL TIME CONTROL; THROUGHPUT; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

BOTTLENECK ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATIONS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC MAINTENANCE; OPPORTUNITY WINDOWS; REAL-TIME PRODUCTION; TRANSFER LINES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 78649985524     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002562     Document Type: Article

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