The effect of dynamic worker behavior on flow line performance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-377

  Digiesi, Salvatore ^a   Kock, Ad A A ^b   Mummolo, Giovanni ^a   Rooda, Jacobus E ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Fatigue; Manual operations; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FATIGUE; HUMAN COMPONENTS; HUMAN LABOR; INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; LEARNING EFFECTS; LONG TERM SIMULATION; MANUAL OPERATIONS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MODELING; ON FLOW; OPERATOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE MODELS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULT;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 67651154176     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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