A production-inventory system with an unreliable continuous transfer line

Kenneth Sörensen; Gerrit K. Janssens

doi:10.1007/s11518-006-0136-4

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering ›› 2003, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (3) : 298 -306. DOI: 10.1007/s11518-006-0136-4

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A production-inventory system with an unreliable continuous transfer line

Kenneth Sörensen ¹^,²
, Gerrit K. Janssens ¹^,²

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This paper extends a production-inventory model with one unreliable machine to one that has n machines in series, separated by finite buffers. It is shown how customer service levels and other performance measures can be calculated as a function of the availabilities of the machines and the sizes of the intermediate buffers.

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Production-inventory system / continuous flow line / approximation

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Kenneth Sörensen, Gerrit K. Janssens. A production-inventory system with an unreliable continuous transfer line. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 2003, 12(3): 298-306 DOI:10.1007/s11518-006-0136-4

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