A comparative study of line design approaches for serial production systems

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 91-108

  Chakravorty, Satya S ^a   Atwater, J Brian ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly line balancing; Just in time; Production management; Production systems; Theory of constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030555416     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579610119117     Document Type: Review

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