Economically Optimum Maintenance, Repair and Buffering Operations in Manufacturing Systems

Abstract

The productivity of a two-station production line is determined by the station breakdown and repair rates, and by the capacity of the lncerscaclon buffer. A model which describes the station breakdown and repair rates as functions of the maintenance and repair inputs to the system la presented.The production function is Incorporated Into a profit function. The values of maintenance, repair, and an aggregate materials-labor inputs aa well as the capacity of the interstation buffer which maximize profit are sought.