This paper extends a production-inventory model with one unreliable machine to one that hasn machines in series, separated by finite buffers. It is shown how customer service levels and otherperformance measures can b...This paper extends a production-inventory model with one unreliable machine to one that hasn machines in series, separated by finite buffers. It is shown how customer service levels and otherperformance measures can be calculated as a function of the availabilities of the machines and thesizes of the intermediate buffers.展开更多
文摘This paper extends a production-inventory model with one unreliable machine to one that hasn machines in series, separated by finite buffers. It is shown how customer service levels and otherperformance measures can be calculated as a function of the availabilities of the machines and thesizes of the intermediate buffers.