Queueing Theory Applied to Machine Manning

Myles A. Vogel
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Myles A. Vogel: Becton Dickinson Division of Becton Dickinson Company, Rutherford, New Jersey 07070

Interfaces, 1979, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-7

Abstract: Cost pressures, recent expansion, and a limited labor pool triggered a two-year study coordinated by the Industrial Engineering Department of a high volume manufacturing plant. Plant management was introduced to the fundamentals of queueing theory and assisted in preparing a model applicable to optimum manpower/machine assignments. A resulting savings of $575,000, about one-fifth of plant manpower costs, was realized during the first year of implementation.

Keywords: queues:; optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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