Title :
Analysis of production completion time in Bernoulli serial lines with finite buffers
Author :
Guorong Chen ; Liang Zhang ; Arinez, Jorge ; Guoxian Xiao
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Ind. & Manuf. Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Abstract :
Batch/lot-based production operations are widely used in various manufacturing systems. In these production activities, the main performance measure is the time needed to produce a given amount of parts. However, due to the finite size of a batch/lot, these production activities are operated partially (or entirely) in the transient regime, and, therefore, steady state analysis of such systems is, strictly speaking, not applicable. In this work, using transient analysis, we study the production completion time in serial production lines with machines having Bernoulli reliability model and with buffers having finite capacity. An analytical approximation procedure based on recursive aggregation is developed to evaluate the performance measures of interest. Based on these approximations and simulations, important system structural properties are also investigated.
Keywords :
batch production systems; manufacturing systems; production management; reliability; Bernoulli reliability model; Bernoulli serial lines; batch-based production operations; finite buffers; finite capacity; lot-based production operations; manufacturing systems; production completion time analysis; recursive aggregation; serial production lines; steady state analysis; system structural properties; transient regime; Approximation methods; Computational modeling; Production systems; Reliability; Steady-state; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madison, WI
DOI :
10.1109/CoASE.2013.6653909