| Article ID: | iaor1992485 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 200 |
| End Page Number: | 223 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1990 |
| Journal: | Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management |
| Authors: | Powell Stephen G., Pyke David F., Baker Kenneth, R. |
Variability in the operations of workstations in production lines leads to degradation in system throughput. The authors examine the effects of variability on the efficiency of assembly lines in which two serial processes merge. They also examine the effects of buffers and suggest how buffers may be placed most effectively.