Analysis of a new signal for bottleneck identification and loss allocation to individual machines
by Sankar Sengupta; Tommy White; Kanchan Das; Robert P. Van Til
International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IJISE), Vol. 13, No. 2, 2013

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.

Online publication date: Fri, 27-Dec-2013

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