| Article ID: | iaor1991112 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Start Page Number: | 25 |
| End Page Number: | 31 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1988 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Stafford Edward F. |
| Keywords: | programming: assignment |
This article presents a simple optimal technique for replacing the classical man-machine chart for determining the number of machines to assign to a single operator. Additional equations for calculating system cycle time, operator idleness, and machine idealness are also presented.