Performance of bucket brigades when work is stochastic
成果类型：
Article; Proceedings Paper
署名作者：
Bartholdi, JJ; Eisenstein, DD; Foley, RD
署名单位：
University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Chicago
刊物名称：
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
ISSN/ISSBN：
0030-364X
DOI：
10.1287/opre.49.5.710.10609
发表日期：
2001
页码：
710-719
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摘要：
Bucket brigades are a way of sharing work on a flow line that results in the spontaneous emergence of balance and consequent high throughput. All this happens without a work-content model or traditional assembly line balancing technology. Here we show that bucket brigades can be effective even in the presence of variability in the work content. In addition, we report confirmation at the national distribution center of a major chain retailer, which experienced a 34% increase in productivity after the workers began picking orders by bucket brigade.