... opportunity window continuous improvement multistage manufacturing systems budget allocation The plant floor is the heart of any manufacturing business and making the right decisions can have a huge impact on its performance and the business bottom-line. Downtime is arguably the single most...

... apparent in the relatively long run when the duration exceeds a certain threshold called opportunity window. We also study the bottleneck phenomenon and its relationship with downtimes and opportunity window. The results are applicable to real-time production control, opportunistic maintenance scheduling...