Workforce agility in repair and maintenance environments

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-184

  Iravani, Seyed M R ^a   Krishnamurthy, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross training; Machine repairman problem; Myopic approach; Preemption; Quasi birth and death process

Indexed keywords

CROSS-TRAINING; MACHINE-REPAIRMAN PROBLEM; MYOPIC APPROACH; PREEMPTION; QUASI-BIRTH-AND-DEATH PROCESS;

REPAIR;

EID: 61349183788     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1060.0132     Document Type: Article

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