Process Analysis (Introduction)
Process Analysis (Introduction)
In this exercise, we use a simple penny fabrication example to introduce:
1. Basic terminology for analyzing the flow of material within a production process
2. Little's law
At the end of this exercise, the student should be able to:
1. Compute lead time of a job
2. Compute the capacity of a workstation/production line
3. Compute the throughput of a workstation/production line
4. Compute the utilization of a workstation/production line
5. Map the states of a production line
6. Identify steady state in production processes
7. Compute average WIP in a production line
8. Apply Little's law