\(c\)-bottlenecks in serial production lines: Identification and application
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: \(c\)-bottlenecks in serial production lines: Identification and application
zbMATH Open document ID: 1015.90030
DOI: 10.1155/S1024123X01001776
author: R. Smith
published in: Mathematical Problems in Engineering
publication date: 2003-07-29T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/50140
review text: Summary: The bottleneck of a production line is a machine that impedes the system performance in the strongest manner. In production lines with the so-called Markovian model of machine reliability, bottlenecks with respect to the downtime, uptime, and the cycle time of the machines can be introduced. The two former have been addressed in recent publications [\textit{S.-Y. Chiang}, \textit{C.-T. Kuo} and \textit{S. M. Meerkov}, Bottlenecks in Markovian production lines: A systems approach, IEEE Trans. Robotics Automa. 14, 352-359 (1998) and Bottlenecks in Markovian production lines: Identification and application, Proc. 37th CDC (Tampa, Florida, USA), 4344-4345 (1998)]. The latter is investigated in this paper. Specifically, using a novel aggregation procedure for performance analysis of production lines with Markovian machines having different cycle time, we develop a method for \(c\)-bottleneck identification and apply it in a case study to a camshaft production line at an automotive engine plant.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 90B30
zbMATH DE Number: 1791003
zbMATH Keywords: production lines
zbMATH Keywords: Markovian models
zbMATH Keywords: bottleneck identification
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1791003