Designing unbalanced paced lines: A conceptual model and an experimental campaign

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 464-479

  Caridi, M ^a   Cigolini, R ^a   Farina, V ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Heineken International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Paced lines; Protective capacity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

BOTTLENECK; MULTI-PRODUCT LINES; PACED LINES; PROTECTIVE CAPACITY;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33746847689     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280600764394     Document Type: Article

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