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Original Articles

The location of variable work stations and the performance of production flow lines

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Pages 703-710 | Received 29 Sep 1975, Published online: 16 May 2007
 

Abstract

The effect of imbalance in the variability of station work-time distributions is considered. The effect of buffer capacity, service-time variability and the order of constant and variable work stations on output efficiency and average idle time is examined.

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