Manufacturing complexity in assembly systems with hybrid configurations and its impact on throughput

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-56

  Wang, H ^a   Hu, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Complexity; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS MODELS; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY BASED; COMPLEXITY MEASURES; FATIGUE EFFECTS; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; PRODUCT VARIETY; REACTION TIME; THROUGHPUT MODELS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVETING;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77955329663     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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