Supplier lead time, the time between order and delivery. The current order must satisfy demand until the next order arrives. (Image by Dr. Stanley Gershwin.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Stanley Gershwin
MIT Course Number
2.854 / 2.853
As Taught In
Fall 2016
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course provides ways to analyze manufacturing systems in terms of material flow and storage, information flow, capacities, and times and durations of events. Fundamental topics include probability, inventory and queuing models, optimization, and linear and dynamic systems. Factory planning and scheduling topics include flow planning, bottleneck characterization, buffer and batch-size analysis, and dynamic behavior of production systems.
