Analysis of serial production lines: characterisation study and a new heuristic procedure for optimal buffer allocation

Analysis of serial production lines: characterisation study and a new heuristic procedure for optimal buffer allocation

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Article ID: iaor2007612
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 44
Issue: 13
Start Page Number: 2499
End Page Number: 2523
Publication Date: Jan 2006
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: , ,
Keywords: buffer allocation
Abstract:

Buffer allocation in serial production lines is one of the important design issues, and hence it has been studied extensively in the literature. In this paper, we analyse the problem to characterise the optimal buffer allocation; specifically, we study the cases with single and multiple bottleneck stations under various experimental conditions. In addition, we develop an efficient heuristic procedure to allocate buffers in serial production lines to maximise throughput. The results of the computational experiments indicate that the proposed algorithm is very efficient in terms of both solution quality and CPU time requirements. Moreover, the characterisation study yields interesting findings that may lead to important practical implications. A comprehensive bibliography is also provided in the paper.

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