Article ID: | iaor1991112 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 29 |
Start Page Number: | 25 |
End Page Number: | 31 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1988 |
Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
Authors: | Stafford Edward F. |
Keywords: | programming: assignment |
This article presents a simple optimal technique for replacing the classical man-machine chart for determining the number of machines to assign to a single operator. Additional equations for calculating system cycle time, operator idleness, and machine idealness are also presented.