Flexible Manufacturing Systems: A Review of Analytical Models

J. A. Buzacott and David Yao
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J. A. Buzacott: Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

Management Science, 1986, vol. 32, issue 7, 890-905

Abstract: This paper reviews recent work on the development of analytical models of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs). The contributions of each of the groups concerned with model development are summarized and an assessment is made of the strengths and weaknesses of its modelling approach. A number of directions in which models require extension are outlined, in particular the representation of such aspects of FMS operation as the tool delivery systems, the blocking phenomenon, the transient behavior and the differences between flexible machining systems and flexible assembly systems. Further work is also required on the structure of FMS control and the integration with plant production planning and control.

Keywords: flexible manufacturing system; production planning/control; analytical models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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