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Downtime variability: the impact of duration-frequency on the performance of serial production systems.
- Source :
- International Journal of Production Research; Oct2010, Vol. 48 Issue 19, p5831-5841, 11p, 3 Diagrams, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- It is intuitively appealing to measure downtime in terms of total time lost (i.e. frequency times duration). However, the same total downtime can be produced by an infinite number of frequency/duration combinations. This study reports the findings of a computer simulation study on the impact of varying combinations of downtime frequency/duration pairs on performance of serial production systems. The research reported here clearly shows that different downtime frequency/duration combinations affect serial production lines differently even when the total downtime remains equal. Analysis suggests that long duration, infrequently occurring variation has a much more negative impact on system performance than short duration, frequently occurring variation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00207543
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Production Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 52815500
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540903280572