Workflow analysis of production lines with complete inspection and rework loops

Giorgos Giannakis (1) , Vassilis S Kouikoglou (2) , Spilios Nikitas (1)

1 Dept of Production Engineering and Management
2 Dept of Production Engineering and Management

We study the flows induced by different rework loops in serial manufacturing systems with inspection stations. Average values of these flows and queueing network formulas are used for performance evaluation and optimization of production lines. An application is presented for solving jointly the problems of inventory control and inspection station allocation in a CONWIP production line.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Giorgos Giannakis, Vassilis S Kouikoglou, Spilios Nikitas. Workflow analysis of production lines with complete inspection and rework loops. International Journal of Production Research, 2010, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/00207540903469050⟩. ⟨hal-00560022⟩