Modelling and analysis of a multiple product manufacturing system with split and merge

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4049-4066

  Li, Jingshan ^a   Huang, Ningjian ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Flexibility; Merge; Multiple products; Overlapping decomposition; Split

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MANUFACTURE;

MULTIPLE PRODUCTS; OVERLAPPING DECOMPOSITION; SPLIT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 27844593045     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500031899     Document Type: Article

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