Simulating an agile, synchronized manufacturing system

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 714-722

  Carlson, John G H ^a   Yao, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile production; Just in time; Quick response; Simulation; Synchronized parallel assembly; Uniform batch size

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

AGILE PRODUCTION; LOGICAL BATCHES;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 39649086700     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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