The production line problem
A product arrives for processing every two minutes. Before the processing each
the product is default then it is rejected before processing.
If the processing line is reserved (previous product is still in line), the product
The processing time per product is 3 minutes.
The simulation model helps to see whether the processing line is a bottle neck
between arriving products and the processing time are constant (2 minutes,
interesting variable is the rejection rate. In the simulation model you can try different
each product is inspected. If
product stays in waiting queue.
bottle neck. Because the interval
minutes, 3 minutes) the only
try different rejection rates.
Production line simulation
Rejection rate 40% Summary
The longest queue 8 products
The mean of total time 8.5 minutes
Processing ready
Processing starts
Checking result
Arriving queue
Time in queue
Arrviving time
Queue length
(products)
Total time
Number
1 0 reject - 0 - - 0 -
2 2 reject - 0 - - 0 -
3 4 reject - 0 - - 0 -
4 6 accept 6 1 6 0 9 3
997 1992 accept 1992 4 2002 10 2005 13
998 1994 accept 1994 4 2005 11 2008 14
999 1996 accept 1996 5 2008 12 2011 15
1000 1998 accept 1998 5 2011 13 2014 16