The shift team formation problem in multi-shift manufacturing operations

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 708-728

  Slomp, Jannes ^a   Suresh, Nallan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal programming; Manufacturing; Shift systems

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CROSS-TRAINING; GOAL PROGRAMMING (GP); LOAD IMBALANCES; SHIFT SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 13444291286     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.01.034     Document Type: Article

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