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by avidiax 74 days ago
That sort of queue is fundamentally different than network queues. The individual bolts are not impatient waiting to be installed. There is no P99 bolt install latency measuring from when the bolt arrives in the factory.

You therefore only need enough bolts at each station that they won't run out before the restocker completes a lap, and such that there aren't so many that they get in the way.