caa a22 4500 475799038 CHVBK 20180406123732.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s001700050020 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s001700050020 On-Line Production Control of Tandem Systems with Finite Inter-Stage Storage, Using a Dynamic Maximum Cycle Time Algorithm [Elektronische Daten] [M. Chan, B. Szabados] For a tandem manufacturing system with finite interstage storage and asynchronous operations, stage cycle times are allowed to vary from cycle to cycle and from stage to stage. Owing to the nature of the operation and the occurrences of blocking and starvation, the relationship between the time each stage spends on each job and the output rate of the system is not directly observable. In order to operate the system so that it meets the demand without over-producing or under-producing, it would be helpful to know the time limit available for each stage to operate on each job. This paper describes a method for calculating such cycle time limits for each stage at each cycle on a real-time basis. The calculated cycle time limits are always bounded below, approximately by the expected time between outputs of the system. The value of a cycle time limit is a function of the current system state, performance history of the stages and the interrelationship among the stages. Emulation examples (with 3-stage and 10- stage systems) will show that while cycle times are allowed to vary, as long as they do not exceed their calculated limits throughout the production, system output will be very close to a predefined expected amount.: Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2000 Key words: Cycle time limits nationallicence Ideal time nationallicence Real time nationallicence Chan M. Power Research Laboratory, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, CA aut Szabados B. Power Research Laboratory, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, CA aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s001700050020 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s001700050020 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chan M. Power Research Laboratory, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, CA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Szabados B. Power Research Laboratory, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, CA aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer