On bills of materials structure and optimum product-level smoothing of parts usage in JIT assembly systems

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 787-798

  Aigbedo, Henry ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Heuristics; Inventory; Manufacturing; Optimisation; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; BILL OF MATERIALS; BILLS OF MATERIALS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CUSTOMISATION; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; HEURISTICS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INVENTORY; JUST-IN-TIME; LEVEL SEQUENCE; MANUFACTURING; OPTIMISATION; PRODUCT COMPOSITION; SMOOTHING PROBLEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; HEURISTIC METHODS; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; SCHEDULING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 69149101926     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720902764509     Document Type: Article

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