Manufacturing system design to improve quality buy rate: An automotive paint shop application study

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Li, Jingshan ^a   Blumenfeld, Dennis E ^b   Marin, Samuel P ^b  

^a Center for Manufacturing   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive paint shop; First time quality (FTQ); Manufacturing system design; Quality buy rate (QBR); Repair and rework

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; PAINT; PRODUCT DESIGN; REPAIR;

AUTOMOTIVE PAINT SHOP; FIRST-TIME QUALITY (FTQ); MANUFACTURING SYSTEM DESIGN; QUALITY BUY RATE (QBR);

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846300980     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2006.872958     Document Type: Article

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