Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning of a Landing Gear Shop

B. N. Srikar and B. Vinod
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B. N. Srikar: American Airlines, PO Box 619616, Mail Drop 2B56, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261-9616
B. Vinod: American Airlines, PO Box 619616, Mail Drop 2B56, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261-9616

Interfaces, 1989, vol. 19, issue 4, 52-60

Abstract: A closed queuing network performance model was developed at American Airlines to evaluate the performance of large complex flow shops. The model has been successfully applied to predict performance and to estimate capacity of the landing gear shop and the engine blade and vane shop.

Keywords: transportation: air; production/scheduling: flow shop (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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