A note on “Stochastic unpaced line design: Review and further experimental results”
✍ Scribed by Kirk R. Karwan; Patrick R. Philipoom
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 411 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0272-6963
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✦ Synopsis
A 1985 study in this journal examined the "bowl phenomenon" and claimed to demonstrate that Hllher and Boling's original results (1967) were due to an assumption of unrealistically large variations m processing times. A closer look at these findings reveals that they are derived from a flawed experiment that cannot possibly serve to verify whether or not average task times at work stations on an assembly line should be selected in a bowl distribution. We offer further arguments in clarification of Hilher and Boling's original work based both on our own simulation experiments as well as recent studies by other authors. We also comment on the need to orient future efforts toward practical integration of the bowl phenomenon result with other findings that relate to improving the throughput of unpaced assembly hnes.