Models for Understanding Flexible Manufacturing Systems
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in A I I E Transactions
- Vol. 12 (4) , 339-350
- https://doi.org/10.1080/05695558008974526
Abstract
The basic features of flexible manufacturing systems are reviewed and models for determining the production capacity of such systems are developed. These models show the desirability of a balanced work load, the benefit of diversity in job routing if there is adequate control of the release of jobs (a job shop can be better than a flow shop), and the superiority of common storage for the system over local storage at machines. The models are extended to allow for material handling delays between machines and for unreliable machines. It is also shown that production capacity models can be used to develop good approximations to the mean number of jobs in the system for given job arrival rates and machine utilizations.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Subject indexThermochimica Acta, 1978
- Network flow optimization in flexible manufacturing systemsPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,1978
- Maximum Throughput in Finite-Capacity Open Queueing Networks with Product-Form SolutionsManagement Science, 1977
- The production capacity of job shops with limited storage spaceInternational Journal of Production Research, 1976
- Computer-Managed Parts ManufactureScientific American, 1975
- Approximate Queuing Models for Multiprogramming Computer SystemsOperations Research, 1973
- Closed Finite Queuing Networks with Time LagsOperations Research, 1968
- The Pattern of Batch Manufacture and Its Influence on Machine Tool DesignProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1967
- Jobshop-Like Queueing SystemsManagement Science, 1963