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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Raghunath P. Khetan, Troy, MI (US);
Pravin Khurana, Rochester, MI (US);
Ravi Duggirala, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Raghunath P. Khetan, Troy, MI (US);
Pravin Khurana, Rochester, MI (US);
Ravi Duggirala, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and article of manufacture for determining a productivity rate of a manufacturing system are provided. The manufacturing system has a first and second manufacturing cells. The first and second manufacturing cells has first and second machines, respectively. The method includes predicting a first cycle time indicating a time duration that a part is disposed in the first manufacturing cell. The method further includes predicting a second cycle time indicating a time duration that the part is disposed in the second manufacturing cell. The method further includes calculating a productivity rate of the first and second manufacturing system cells based on the first and second cycle times of the first and second manufacturing cells, respectively.