Improving the efficiency of unpaced production lines by unbalancing service time means

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-361

  Shaaban, Sabry ^a   McNamara, Tom ^a  

^a RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Asynchronous; Coefficient of variation imbalance; Efficiency; Serial production line; Service time mean imbalance; Simulation; Unpaced

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349104863     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2009.023288     Document Type: Article

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