Performance analysis of a manufacturing shop: A case study

Author

Gradelski, Peter R. ; Luh, Peter B. ; Kretsch, John R. ; Grant, Derek A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

11-13 Dec 1991

Firstpage

1151

Abstract

A method for computing the load placed on work centers in a manufacturing shop based on the demand, the routing of parts, and the scrap rates of operations is described. The movement of parts in the shop is modeled using flow balance equations. Given an upper limit on the utilization levels at work centers, the required production capacity is calculated. Performance measures like the average waiting time per part and the average number of parts in a buffer at each work center are estimated. An efficient method of storing and solving the flow equations allows for analysis of practical-size problems on a personal computer. Experimental results based on data of a manufacturer of aircraft engines are provided. The results are validated by simulation

Keywords

production control; queueing theory; aircraft engines manufacture; average waiting time; flow balance equations; manufacturing shop; parts routing; production capacity; production control; queuing theory; scrap rates; Aircraft propulsion; Computational modeling; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer aided software engineering; Costs; Equations; Microcomputers; Performance analysis; Petri nets; Production; Queueing analysis; Routing; Systems engineering and theory; Time measurement; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control, 1991., Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Brighton

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0450-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDC.1991.261528

Filename

261528