TY - JOUR
T1 - Constraint management in manufacturing systems
AU - Roser, Christoph
AU - Nakano, Masaru
AU - Tanaka, Minoru
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - This paper provides a novel method for detecting production bottlenecks and the shifting of the production bottlenecks. All production systems are constrained by one or more bottlenecks. Improving the bottleneck will improve the whole production system. Yet, finding the bottleneck is no trivial task. Furthermore, the system may change over time or due to random events, and subsequently the bottleneck may shift from one machine to another machine. The presented active duration method determines the bottleneck based on the duration a machine is active without interruption. The method is very robust, easy to apply and able to detect the primary and secondary bottlenecks in a wide range of production systems. The method is demonstrated using different examples. The measurement of the likelihood of a machine being the bottleneck aids in the decision-making regarding the allocation of the available resources.
AB - This paper provides a novel method for detecting production bottlenecks and the shifting of the production bottlenecks. All production systems are constrained by one or more bottlenecks. Improving the bottleneck will improve the whole production system. Yet, finding the bottleneck is no trivial task. Furthermore, the system may change over time or due to random events, and subsequently the bottleneck may shift from one machine to another machine. The presented active duration method determines the bottleneck based on the duration a machine is active without interruption. The method is very robust, easy to apply and able to detect the primary and secondary bottlenecks in a wide range of production systems. The method is demonstrated using different examples. The measurement of the likelihood of a machine being the bottleneck aids in the decision-making regarding the allocation of the available resources.
KW - Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)
KW - Manufacturing bottlenecks
KW - Operation planning
KW - Production management
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U2 - 10.1299/jsmec.46.73
DO - 10.1299/jsmec.46.73
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0041326349
VL - 46
SP - 73
EP - 80
JO - JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing
JF - JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing
SN - 1344-7653
IS - 1
ER -