Analysis of a new signal for bottleneck identification and loss allocation to individual machines

Sankar Sengupta, Tommy White, Kanchan Das and Robert P. Van Til

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2013, vol. 13, issue 2, 175-196

Abstract: This paper presents a new signal for analysis to identify and rank the bottlenecks in a manufacturing system. The proposed method analyses interdeparture time from different machines to identify and rank the bottlenecks. A simple descriptive measure with good correlation to bottleneck is presented. This research also presents a new method to allocate loss of production to different machines based on the analysis of inter-departure time. In addition, a set of rules that may be used to improve data integrity is presented. The proposed method may be used to analyse both steady-state as well as nonsteady-state system behaviour. The proposed method is applicable to high-volume and low-variety manufacturing systems. Future research issues are discussed.

Keywords: bottleneck identification; bottleneck ranking; loss allocation; manufacturing systems; bottlenecks; production loss; data integrity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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