A complexity model for assembly supply chains and its application to configuration design

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210051-02100512

  Wang, Hui ^a   Ko, Jeonghan ^b   Zhu, Xiaowei ^a   Hu, S Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPPLY CHAINS;

ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE; COMPLEXITY MEASURES; COMPLEXITY MODELING; CONFIGURATION DESIGNS; INFORMATION ENTROPY; OPTIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN; SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION; SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURES;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77955324361     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001082     Document Type: Article

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