Improving Flow Lines by Unbalancing
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31449/inf.v43i1.2676Abstract
The paper's aim is to show how the performance of a balanced manufacturing flow line can be improved on the critical WIP level by making it unbalanced to some extent. The explanation and a quantitative example are presented. There is a trade-off between system balance and stability, and it can be handled as an optimization problem. Data are gathered using a physical simulation system. The analysis is carried out with a discrete time simulation program which applies next-event time advance mechanism. The model has been implemented in AIMMS modelling language.
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