Production Systems Engineering

Production Systems Engineering (PSE) is an emerging branch of Engineering intended to uncover fundamental principles of production systems and utilize them for analysis, continuous improvement, and design. This volume is the first ever textbook devoted exclusively to PSE. It is intended for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students interested in manufacturing. The development is first principle-based rather than recipe-based. The only prerequisite is elementary Probability Theory; however, all necessary probability facts are reviewed in an introductory chapter. Using a system-theoretic approach, this textbook provides analytical solutions for the following problems: mathematical modeling of production systems, performance analysis, constrained improvability, bottleneck identification and elimination, lean buffer design, product quality, customer demand satisfaction, transient behavior, and system-theoretic properties. Numerous case studies are presented. In addition, the so-called PSE Toolbox, which implements the algorithms developed, is described. The volume includes numerous case studies and problems for homework assignment.

Describes methods for mathematical modeling of production systems Provides techniques for designing continuous improvement projects with predictable results Offers quantitative methods for selecting lean buffering Offers measurement-based techniques for identifying bottleneck machines and bottleneck buffers Addresses the issue of product quality Describes methods for analysis of transient behavior of production lines Offers techniques for measurement-based management of production systems Describes a software package, the PSE Toolbox, which implements algorithms developed Includes numerous case studies, which illustrate the topics considered and, on occasion, serve as problems for homework assignments

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BACKGROUND MATERIAL AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING..- Mathematical Tools: Elements of Probability Theory.- Mathematical Modeling of Production Systems.- SERIAL PRODUCTION LINES WITH BERNOULLI MODEL OF MACHINE RELIABILITY..- Analysis of Bernoulli Lines.- Continuous Improvement of Bernoulli Lines.- Design of Lean Bernoulli Lines.- Closed Bernoulli Lines.- Product Quality in Bernoulli Lines.- Customer Demand Satisfaction in Bernoulli Lines.- Transient Behavior of Bernoulli Lines.- SERIAL PRODUCTION LINES WITH CONTINUOUS TIME MODELS OF MACHINE RELIABILITY.- Analysis of Exponential Lines.- Analysis of Non-Exponential Lines.- Improvement of Continuous Lines.- Design of Lean Continuous Lines.- Customer Demand Satisfaction in Continuous Lines.- ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS.- Assembly Systems with Bernoulli Model of Machine Reliability.- Assembly Systems with Continuous Time Models of Machine Reliability.- SUMMARY, PSE TOOLBOX, AND PROOFS.- Summary of Main Facts of Production Systems Engineering.- PSE Toolbox.- Proofs.