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Sachin Jayaswal
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
sachin@iimahd.ernet.in
Shirt Manufacturing
How
10
9
Cumulative
Outflow
Patients
Flow Time
Inventory
5
4
3
2
1
0
7:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
Time (t)
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
Littles law
Number in system
2
1
0
Time (t)
t1
t2
t3 t4
t5 t6
t7
1 3
4 2
Number in system
2
1
0
Time (t)
t1
t2
t3 t4
t5 t6
t7
1 3
4 2
= [T+ t7 + t6 t5 t4 + t3 t2 t1]/ 4
= [area under curve]/N
Littles law
(I) * (T) = (FT) * (N)
(I) = (FT) * (N)/T
= (FT) * (R)
Inventory (I) = Flow Time (FT) * Flow Rate (R)