Simulation of unbalanced buffer allocation in unreliable unpaced production lines

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1922-1936

  McNamara, Thomas ^a   Shaaban, Sabry ^b   Hudson, Sarah ^a  

^a RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

^b Groupe ESC la Rochelle ^*  (France)

Author keywords

average buffer level; idle time; imbalance patterns; simulation; uneven buffer sizes; unpaced unreliable production lines

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LEVELS; BUFFER SIZES; IDLE TIME; IMBALANCE PATTERNS; PRODUCTION LINE; SIMULATION;

BENCHMARKING; BUFFER STORAGE; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84871318813     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.720726     Document Type: Article

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