Dynamic scheduling and line balancing methods, and software tools for lean and reconfigurable disassembly cells and lines

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 234-239

  Ranky, Paul G ^a   Subramanyam, Madan ^b   Caudill, Reggie J ^a   Limaye, Ketan ^c   Alli, Najeeb ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MERC   (United States)

^c Sustainability and Process Engineering Directorate   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic scheduling and balancing of disassembly lines; Production control; Simulation and modeling demanufacturing software tools; Virtual disassembly

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER CONTROLLED PRODUCTION CONTROL; DEMANUFACTURING SOFTWARE TOOLS; DISASSEMBLY ENTERPRISE MANAGER; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; LINE BALANCING METHODS; VIRTUAL DISASSEMBLY MANAGER;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY;

EID: 0038351785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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