Closed bernoulli production lines: Analysis, continuous improvement, and leanness

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-180

  Biller, Stephan ^a   Marin, Samuel P ^a   Meerkov, Semyon M ^b   Zhang, Liang ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bernoulli machines; Bottleneck identification; Closed production line

Indexed keywords

BERNOULLI MACHINES; BOTTLENECK IDENTIFICATION; CLOSED PRODUCTION LINE; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; RELIABILITY MODELS;

CIVIL AVIATION;

EID: 58149518581     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2008.917139     Document Type: Article

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