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| Author: | Liberopoulos, G. Tsarouhas, P. |
| Title: | Systems Analysis Speeds Up Chipita's Food-Processing Line |
| Journal: | Interfaces
2002 : MAY-JUN, VOL. 32:3, p. 62-76 |
| Index terms: | AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AUTOMATION MODELS FOOD |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Chipita International, Inc., one of Greece's largest manufacturers of bakery products and snacks, makes croissants on seven specialized processing lines in Lamia, Greece. A rise in the demand for croissants over the past years called for an increase in output. The authors undertook a project to determine cost-effective ways of speeding up the croissant-processing lines. The authors found that the efficiency of a typical line (the ratio of th effective processing rate to the nominal processing rate) was 86 percent because of equipment failures. To reduce the impact of failures and increase the efficiency of the line, the authors proposed to modify the line by inserting a in-process buffer-refrigerator having a capacity of 40,000 croissants in the middle of the line and by speeding up the part of the line upstream of the buffer. |
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