Designing multi-product lines: Job routing in cellular manufacturing systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-235

  Sarker, Bhaba R ^a   Xu, Y I ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANT LAYOUT; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

JOB ROUTING PROCESS; MULTI-PRODUCT LINES; OPERATION SEQUENCE-BASED METHOD;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034149010     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007642413799     Document Type: Article

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