Measuring manufacturing throughput using takt time analysis and simulation

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1633-1640

  Duanmu, Jun ^a   Taaffe, Kevin ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURE;

ASSEMBLY LINES; CASE STUDIES; COMMON RESOURCES; CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS; SHARED RESOURCES; SMOOTH FLOW; TAKT TIME; THROUGHPUT CAPABILITY; WORK IN PROCESS INVENTORY;

THROUGHPUT;

EID: 49749153455     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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