An Investigation of Bottleneck Position in a Multi-Stage Job Shop

An Investigation of Bottleneck Position in a Multi-Stage Job Shop

In this paper, the authors investigate the effects bottleneck machines have on the performance of a multi-stage job shop. The operation performed by the bottleneck and its position in the product Bill of Materials is varied to determine the effects on system performance. It was found that the best p...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of operations & production management 1987-06, Vol.7 (6), p.55-63
Hauptverfasser: Fry, Timothy D., Philipoom, Patrick R., Keong Leong, G., Smith, Allen E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bottlenecks
Job shops
Production planning
Variance analysis
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, the authors investigate the effects bottleneck machines have on the performance of a multi-stage job shop. The operation performed by the bottleneck and its position in the product Bill of Materials is varied to determine the effects on system performance. It was found that the best place for the bottleneck machine to be located was at gateway operations located low in the Bill of Materials.
ISSN:0144-3577
1758-6593
DOI:10.1108/eb054808