Management of worksharing systems

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-67

  McClain, John O ^a   Schultz, Kenneth L ^a   Thomas, L Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bucket Brigade; Cross Training; Serial Production Lines; Worksharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002929809     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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