Bucket Brigades on In-Tree Assembly Networks

• Main Authors: Bartholdi, III, John J., Eisenstein, Donald D., Lim, Yun Fong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: bucket brigade; assembly line; assembly network; work sharing; dynamical systems; self-organizing systems; Business Administration, Management, and Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2419; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3418/viewcontent/yflim_EJOR2006AFV.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In a of subassembly lines, balance becomes more difficult to achieve as it requires that all subassembly lines be synchronized to produce at the same rate. We show how to adapt the ‘‘bucket brigade’’ protocol of work-sharing so that balance emerges spontaneously.