A case study in productivity-cost trade-off in the design of paced parallel production systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3263-3288

  Freiheit, T ^a   Wang, W ^b   Spicer, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Manufacturing configuration design; Manufacturing systems; Parallel machines; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MACHINING; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

COST ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING CONFIGURATION DESIGN; PARALLEL MACHINES;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 34249331355     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600857367     Document Type: Article

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