Performance evaluation for general queueing networks in manufacturing systems: Characterizing the trade-off between queue time and utilization

Kan Wu*, Leon McGinnis

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Performance evaluation plays a key role in manufacturing system design and productivity improvement. Characterizing performance objectively is the first step. Inspired by the underlying structure of tandem queues, we have derived an approximate model to characterize the system performance. The model decomposes system queue time and variability into bottleneck and non-bottleneck parts while capturing the dependence among workstations. Compared the new model with prior approaches, the new model not only is more accurate but also requires less information. The property of manufacturing system performance is given based on the insight from the model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)328-339
Number of pages12
JournalEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Volume221
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 09 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Manufacturing
  • Production
  • Productivity and competitiveness
  • Queueing

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