Benefits of Skill Chaining in Serial Production Lines with Cross-Trained Workers

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-98

  Hopp, Wallace J ^a   Tekin, Eylem ^b   Van Oyen, Mark P ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile production; CONWIP; Cross training; Workforce

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AGILE PRODUCTION; CONSTANT WORK-IN-PROCESS (CONWIP); CROSS-TRAINING; WORKFORCES;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 1242309349     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1030.0166     Document Type: Article

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