| Author(s) | Khalid A. Aldakhilallah |
| Affiliation | Department of Quantitative Methods, College of Business and Economics King Saud University, Qassim Branch, PO Box 6033, Al-Molaida, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | The Determination of the Average WIP Inventory and Buffer Size for a Two-stage Manufacturing System |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Administrative Sciences. Volume 14, No 1. (2002/1422) |
| Abstract | An analysis of work- in-process (WIP) inventory for a two-stage manufacturing system is provided with the following objectives: (I) the determination of the maximum buffer size and (2) the determination of the average WIP inventory. This analysis consists of three conditions and each condition is investigated for two cases which are based on the batch size. The conditions are as follow: Condition AI states that the processing time of the first work station is greater than that of the second work station, Condition A2 states that the processing time of the first work station is less than that of the second work station, and Condition A3 states that the processing time of the first work station is equal to the processing time of the second work station. Examples are provided throughout the paper to drive the maximum WIP inventory and the average WIP inventory. Keywords: Work-in-process, Buffer size, Maximum inventory, Average inventory. |
