Throughput analysis in automotive paint shops: A case study

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-97

  Li, Jingshan ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Overlapping decomposition; Paint shop; Rework loop; Throughput analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING; THROUGHPUT;

OVERLAPPING DECOMPOSITION; PAINT SHOP; REWORK LOOP; THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS;

PAINTING;

EID: 3042630551     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2004.829431     Document Type: Article

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