Workforce planning in mixed model assembly systems

Operations Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 553-567

  Lee, Chung Yee ^a   Vairaktarakis, George L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; HEURISTIC METHODS; MANUFACTURE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SCHEDULING;

SERIAL ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; TRANSFER LINES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031193169     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.45.4.553     Document Type: Article

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