Inventory-Responsive Donor Management Policy: A Tandem Queueing Network Model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taozeng Zhu ◽  
Gar Goei Loke ◽  
Nicholas Yeo ◽  
Sarah Yini Gao
Keyword(s):  
Network Model ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Donor Management

scholarly journals Economic analysis of production bottlenecks

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Lawrence ◽  
Arnold H. Buss
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Economic Perspective ◽  
Demand Planning ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Facilities Design ◽  
And Control ◽  
Planning Problems

The management of bottlenecks has become a central topic in the planning and control of production systems. In this paper, we critically analyze bottlenecks from an economic perspective. Using a queueing network model, we demonstrate that bottlenecks are inevitable when there are differences in job arrival rates, processing rates, or costs of productive resources. These differences naturally lead to the creation of bottlenecks both for facilities design and demand planning problems. To evaluate bottlenecks from an economic perspective, we develop the notion of an “economic bottleneck,” which defines resources as bottlenecks based on economic, rather than physical, characteristics.

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