Set-Up Times Lead to a Conflict Between Objectives
TC07.2
Set-Up Times Lead to a Conflict Between Objectives Matthias Kawski --- AZ State U, Ctr. for Syst. Sci., Dept. of Math., Tempe, AZ 85287 ,
Fluid-limit reasoning has limited applicability in discrete dynamical systems that model reentrant manufacturing lines with nonzero set-up times. We introduce a fundamental inequality that captures how set-up times make it impossible to maximize throughput while simultaneously minimizing throughput time.
