Multi-type Rework in Two-stage Production Systems

Incorporates the concept of quality control in the probabilistic analysis of two-stage production systems. Provides an integrated framework to consider manufacturing, inspection and rework activities simultaneously. The system is provided with an initial storage of unlimited capacity. Rework of a defective item produced by machine I is done on machine I itself and depends on the type of defect. Explicit expressions for some of the system characteristics have been obtained using the state-space method and regeneration point technique. All the random variables involved in the analysis are assumed to be arbitrarily distributed (i.e. general).