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Variability Lab — Serial Processor System with Buffers

Experience variability propagation, Little's Law, and CONWIP in a 3-station serial production line. Configure station variability (Low/Medium/High), inter-station buffer capacity, and CONWIP, then observe throughput efficiency, WIP, flow time, blocking, and starvation.

12 rounds MBA & Masters English, Español
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Who it is for

An intermediate simulation for participants who already know the core concepts of the subject, designed for master's and MBA programmes.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 12 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Station 1
  • Station 2
  • Station 3
  • Inter-station Buffer Capacity
  • CONWIP Mode
  • CONWIP Limit (if On)

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • The Line
  • Configure the Line
  • Experiment Log

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Operations Management.

  • Operations Management Fundamentals
  • Process Design, Mapping & Reengineering
  • Capacity Planning & Facility Layout

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