Title :
Bottlenecks in serial production lines: a systems approach
Author :
Kuo, Chih-Tsung ; Lim, Jong-Tae ; Meerkov, Semyon M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents a new definition of bottlenecks in serial production lines and develops its identification rules based on the information that can be measured on the factory floor. An application at an automotive component plant is described
Keywords :
production control; automotive component plant; bottlenecks; identification rules; serial production lines; Application software; Automotive components; Continuous production; Electric variables measurement; Impedance; Manufacturing systems; Neck; Production facilities; Production systems; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1996., Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3590-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1996.573526
