The effect of straight- and U-shaped lines on quality

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-334

  Cheng, Chun Hung ^a   Miltenburg, John ^b   Motwani, Jaideep ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Layout; Line balancing; Measurement; Quality; U line

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LINE BALANCING METHOD;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034245314     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.865901     Document Type: Article

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