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In this paper we study three-stage production lines with intermediate buffers. The goods flow is supposed to be continuous and machine speeds may be different. Production units may be subject to stochastic failure and repair. We calculate the average line production rate for some cases. Furthermore we prove some production lines can be reduced to simpler two-stage ones.
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In dieser Arbeit untersuchen wir Produktionslinien mit drei Maschinen getrennt durch Puffer. Die Maschinen können verschiedene Geschwindigkeiten haben und abwechselnd operationsfahig und operationsunfôhig sein. Wir berechnen die erwartete Liniendurchsatz für verschiedene Fälle. Ausserdem zeigen wir dass einige dreistations Produktionslinien gleichwertig sind mit einfachen zweistations Linien.
Research supported by the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO)
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de Koster, R., Wijngaard, J. (1986). A Continuous Flow Model for Three Production Units in Series with Buffers. In: Streitferdt, L., Hauptmann, H., Marusev, A.W., Ohse, D., Pape, U. (eds) DGOR. Operations Research Proceedings 1985, vol 1985. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71161-9_45
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