A Bottleneck Detection Algorithm for Complex Product Assembly Line Based on Maximum Operation Capacity

Table 1

Methods for bottleneck detection.

Approaches	Reference
Longest queue	Lawrence and Buss 1994 [14]
Longest waiting time	Hsiao et al. 2010 [15]
Utilization	Hopp et al. 2002 [16]
Active period	Roser et al. 2001 [17]
Arrow	Kuo et al. 1996 [18]
Average waiting time	Faget et al. 2005 [19]
Inactive period	Sengupta et al. 2008 [20]
Turning point	Sengupta et al. 2008 [20]
Overall throughput; Effectiveness (OTE)	Geng et al. 2014 [21]