Buffering unbalanced assembly systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-65

  Powell, Stephen ^a   Pyke, David F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BUFFER CAPACITY; WORK IN PROGRESS (WIP) INVENTORY;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0031697510     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179808966437     Document Type: Article

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