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Infinite Buffer Closed Lines - Principles

Best Case Equations:

The following notations are used:

• Bottleneck rate = r_b
• Raw process time: T₀

Using the above notation the following relationships may be derived. Click here for more details.

Principle (Best Case Performance): The minimum possible flow time (FT_best) for a given WIP level,w, is given by:
 
 

 and the maximum throughput (TH_best) for a given WIP level, w is given by,
 
 
 

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