Line Design with Stoppers

Masayuki Matsui ()
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Masayuki Matsui: The University of Electro-Communications

Chapter 5.2 in Manufacturing and Service Enterprise with Risks, 2009, pp 87-94 from Springer

Abstract: The ALS (assembly line system) can be without or with stoppers, which prevent the overflow of items. The latter system is known as a free-flow line (e.g., [9, 10]), in which the arrival items are controlled (stopped or proceeded) by a stopper at each station.

Keywords: Cycle Time; Service Time; Interarrival Time; Assembly Line Balance; Line Design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84804-4_9

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