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A Study Of Queuing Theory In Low To High Rework Environments With Process Availability, Adam J. Brown
A Study Of Queuing Theory In Low To High Rework Environments With Process Availability, Adam J. Brown
Theses and Dissertations--Manufacturing Systems Engineering
In manufacturing systems subject to machine and operator resource constraints the effects of rework can be profound. High levels of rework burden the resources unnecessarily and as the utilization of these resources increases the expected queuing time of work in process increases exponentially. Queuing models can help managers to understand and control the effects of rework, but often this tool is overlooked in part because of concerns over accuracy in complex environments and/or the need for limiting assumptions. One aim of this work is to increase understanding of system variables on the accuracy of simple queuing models. A queuing model …