Queueing Theory
Below are my posts on Queueing Theory. I’ll be adding to this page periodically — applications, best practices, and general items:
- Queueing Theory: Part 1
- Queueing Theory: Part 2
- Queueing Theory: Part 3
- Queueing Theory: Part 4
- What is Waste?
- On Time-Traps and Waste
- Call Centers as Queueing Systems
- Travel Time & Waste
- Little’s Law for Product Development
- YouTube’s Queueing Properties
- Psychology of Queueing and Disneyland
- Queueing, Disneyland, and FastPass
- Multi-Tasking Leads to Lower Productivity
- Queueing Theory and Terrorism
- On Queueing Theory and Elevator Mirrors
- Psychology of Queueing and Build-a-Bear Workshop
- Psychology of Queueing, Haunted Houses, and Halloween
- The Variability Tree
- Attitude and the Psychology of Waiting – The Psychology of Queueing
- On Queueing, Oil Change, and Customer Experience
- Emergency Room Wait Times
- Staring at Acoustic Ceiling Tiles
- A Bracket is a Queue
- Child Adoption, Queueing, and Waste (Muda)
- The Shape of the Line is Culturally Influenced
- A Fulfillment Center is a Queueing System (Queuing, Distribution Center, Warehouse)
- Software Development as Queue Management
- Twilight, Eclipse, New Moon: Team Jacob, Team Edward, Bella, and Queueing
Factory Physics by Wallace Hopp and Mark Spearman
Pete Abilla
www.shmula.com
Book Review
Aug 14, 2010
After a brief introductory chapter, Factory Physics 3/e is divided into three parts: I – The Lessons of History; II – Factory Physics; and III – Principles in Practice. The scientific approach to manufacturing and supply chain management, developed in Part II, is unique to this text. No other text or professional book provides a rigorous, principles-based foundation for manufacturing management. The Third Edition offers tighter connections between Lean Manufacturing, MRP/ERP, Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, and Factory Physics. In addition to enhancing the historical overview of how these systems evolved, the authors show explicitly how users can achieve Lean Manufacturing objectives (faster response, less inventory) using the integration aspects of MRP/ERP/SCM systems along with the variance analysis methods of Six Sigma. Factory Physics provides the overarching framework that coordinates all of these initiatives into a single-focused strategy.
I highly recommend this book to lean practitioners, operations researchers in any industry – highly relevant.










