An examination of variability and its basic properties for a factory

• Main Author: Wu, Kan
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Industrial engineering::Operations research; DRNTU::Engineering::Industrial engineering::Supply chain
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94253; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7206
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Variability is a key performance index of a factory. In order to characterize variability of a factory, definitions of bottleneck, utilization, and variability of a single machine are reexamined and clarifie...