Fast Buffer Size Design of Production Lines for Meeting the Desired Throughput

摘要

In this paper, a fast design approach for the optimal buffer size of production lines under the constrain of meeting the desired throughput was studied. The fast throughput calculation approach was proposed to evaluate the buffer size design. The fast buffer redesign algorithm was developed to update the buffer size more efficiently based on Tabu search and Drum-Buffer-Rope theory. Finally, a set of numerical results was presented. The results show that the proposed approach is capable of fast designing the optimal buffer size for production lines.