Development and evaluation of cross-training policies for manufacturing teams

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 969-984

  Bokhorst, Jos A C ^a   Slomp, Jannes ^a   Molleman, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CROSS TRAINING POLICIES; JOB SHOP STRUCTURE; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 4444224931     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170490496209     Document Type: Article

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