Engineering

A comprehensive exploration of stochastic models of a wide range of different types of manufacturing systems — flow lines, job shops, transfer lines, flexible manufacturing systems, flexible assembly systems, cellular systems.

• outlines the major issues that have to be addressed in the design and operation of each type of system.

• provides a comprehensive framework for modelling the interaction between material and information flow in manufacturing.

• features new approaches to such topics as repair and rework facilities; the division of the transfer line into stages; flexible assembly systems; and the degree of specialization (or scope) of manufacturing cells.

• offers unique treatment of classic issues (e.g., workload allocation) and new models (e.g., of assembly systems with strict job sequence requirements).

 1. Discrete Part Manufacturing Systems.


 2. Evolution of Manufacturing System Models: An Example.


 3. Single Stage `Produce-to-Order' Systems.


 4. Single Stage `Produce-to-Stock' Systems.


 5. Flow Lines.


 6. Transfer Lines.


 7. Dynamic Job Shops.


 8. Flexible Machining Systems.


 9. Flexible Assembly Systems.


10. Multiple Cell Manufacturing Systems.


11. Unresolved Issues: Directions for Future Research.


Appendix A: Standard Probability Distributions.


Appendix B: Some Notions of Stochastic Ordering.


Appendix C: Nonparametric Families of Distributions.

Stochastic Processes [AOD TITLES] (Industrial Engineering)
Manufacturing Processes [AOD TITLES] (Industrial Engineering)

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