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Buffer allocation in an unreliable homogeneous serial parallel production line

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dc.contributor.advisor Whitman, Lawrence E.
dc.contributor.author Venkataraju, Ram Prasaad
dc.date.accessioned 2011-09-02T19:55:27Z
dc.date.available 2011-09-02T19:55:27Z
dc.date.copyright 2010 en
dc.date.issued 2010-12
dc.identifier.other t10126
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3755
dc.description Thesis (M.S.)--Wichita State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. en_US
dc.description.abstract Buffers are inventory held in between machines to avoid stockout of parts. When a company has large buffer quantities between machines the inventory holding cost increases. Reducing the amount in a buffer increases the chance of stockout and hence will have a direct impact on the throughput of the line. Hence there is a need to maximize the throughput of the production line for a minimum quantity of buffers carried between machines. In large volume manufacturing, homogeneous unreliable serial parallel production lines are typical. For this line, a method is developed to identify the buffer allocation that maximizes the throughput of the line with a constraint on the maximum buffer size that can be held in the line. The developed method is implemented in case studies to identify buffer allocation that maximizes throughput. en_US
dc.format.extent xvi, 167 leaves, ill. en
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Wichita State University en_US
dc.rights Copyright Ram Prasaad Venkataraju, 2010. All rights reserved en
dc.subject.lcsh Electronic dissertations en
dc.title Buffer allocation in an unreliable homogeneous serial parallel production line en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US

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