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On Transfer Blocking and Minimal Blocking in Serial Manufacturing Systems and the Impact of Variability

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Operations Research Proceedings 1999

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In this paper we investigate the impact of buffer allocation in an unbalanced, asynchronous production system consisting of 12 stages arranged in series. Each job is released to the first stage of the system and undergoes processing at each stage. The performance of a production system is mainly determined by variations in the service times at each stage. The higher those variations the lower is the production rate, i.e. the amount of products finished in a given time period.

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  1. Infineon Technologies AG Operational Excellence, Germany

    Alexander K. Schoemig

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  1. Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, D-39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Karl Inderfurth  & Gerhard Schwödiauer  & 

  2. Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 1, D-64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    Wolfgang Domschke

  3. Fakultät für Mathematik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, D-39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Friedrich Juhnke

  4. Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Passau, Innstr. 29, D-90030, Passau, Germany

    Peter Kleinschmidt

  5. Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Große Steinstr. 73, D-06108, Halle/Saale, Germany

    Gerhard Wäscher

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Schoemig, A.K. (2000). On Transfer Blocking and Minimal Blocking in Serial Manufacturing Systems and the Impact of Variability. In: Inderfurth, K., Schwödiauer, G., Domschke, W., Juhnke, F., Kleinschmidt, P., Wäscher, G. (eds) Operations Research Proceedings 1999. Operations Research Proceedings 1999, vol 1999. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58300-1_76

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