Lot start agent that determines virtual WIP time including an exponentially weighted moving average cycle time

摘要

A system and method are provided for calculating a plurality of bottleneck delta virtual work in process time ("VWIP") values. Each of the bottleneck delta VWIP values represents the time until one of n bottleneck workstations begins to risk starvation. The calculating includes deriving one or more baseline cycle times based on an X-factors method.