Case study: The impact of assembly reorientations on assembly time

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4569-4585

  Pan, Chunxia ^a   Smith, Shana ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly sequence; Assembly time; Reorientation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

ASSEMBLY DIRECTION REORIENTATIONS; ASSEMBLY SEQUENCES; ASSEMBLY TIMES; REORIENTATION;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748705123     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500534413     Document Type: Article

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