Production system design for quality robustness

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-176

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

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive paint shops; Frst time quality; Production system design; Quality robustness; Repair and rework

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPAIR;

AUTOMOTIVE PAINT SHOPS; FIRST TIME QUALITY; QUALITY BUY RATE; REPAIR CAPACITY;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049033423     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170601013661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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