May 2013
Intermediate to advanced
120 pages
2h 34m
English
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Index
A
ABL. See Average buffer level
Assembly line, 1–2
Average buffer level (ABL)
line design element, 28
unbalanced mean operation time, 38–39
unbalanced service time means and variabilities
buffer capacity and degree of imbalance, 62–63
mean operation times and variabilities, 61–62
unequal means, variabilities, and buffers, 81–83
unequal variabilities and buffer capacities, 77
uneven buffer capacities, 55
uneven mean service times and buffer sizes, 69
Average work time, 20
B
Balanced lines
definition, 7
vs. unbalanced lines, 15–20, 85
Best and worst configurations, 38, 40–41
Bottlenecks, 19
Bowl-shaped pattern, 36–37
Breakdown
production lines, 84
unbalanced lines, 83–84
Bucket Brigade system, 10–11
Buffer allocation
line design element, ...
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