THE PRODUCTION CYCLE TIME IN SERIAL PRODUCTION: REDUCTION OF THE DURATION IN METAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY CASE

Abstract

The most relevant factor which affects the production cycle time per unit is the size of a series. The production cycle mean value for the groups formed according to the number of units in a series tpcu moves along the hyperbolic function which has asymptote c, tpcu = c + b/n, and, mathematically, these groups do not behave as strata, which means they are linked to deterministic factors of technology and number of units/series. This paper presents the application of original model on reduction in the duration of the production cycle time in serial production – research case is metal processing industry.

Keywords

Production cycle time Work sampling Stochastic model Serial production

Acknowledgements

This paper was supported by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science, Grant TR 35017.

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