| Article ID: | iaor2002615 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 101 |
| End Page Number: | 106 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Journal: | IIE Transactions |
| Authors: | Kim D.S. |
This note presents a simple method for transforming any two-station closed serial production system with finite buffers into an equivalent two-station system by the appropriate removal of job carriers or buffers.