Week 8 Tutorial: Diagnose the Factory
Diagnose a supplied base exhibiting a brownout and an unrelated bottleneck, and fix both root causes. Assignment 1 is due this week.
21 September 2026
Before the tutorial#
Assignment 1 is due this week — submit it before the tutorial if you haven’t already. Download the supplied base ahead of time: Base_Analysis.zip.
In the tutorial#
Work through the supplied base using this week’s diagnostic method: utilisation, buffer levels, belt saturation, in that order. Identify the power problem and the production problem separately before fixing either.
Afterwards#
The same method is the one Assignment 1 expects you to demonstrate in writing.
The spec
What you bring to the session. Written so a reader can tell whether it has been met without asking you.
- the brownout's root cause is identified, not just the symptom
- the unrelated bottleneck is correctly separated from the power issue
- both are fixed, and the fix for one didn't mask or worsen the other
Teaching team
- Michael Hendriks — tutor