Implementing setup optimization on the shop floor

Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 843-851

  Jain, Shailendra ^a   Johnson, M Eric ^b   Safai, Fereydoon ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY LINE; SEQUENCING PRODUCTION; SHOP FLOOR;

PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0030282977     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.6.843     Document Type: Article

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