An approach to find task sequence for re-balancing of assembly lines

Assembly Automation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 378-387

  Aǧpak, Kürşad ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assembly; Balancing; Production cycle

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; ASSEMBLY LINE DESIGN; CHANGE TASKS; CYCLE TIME; PRODUCTION CYCLE; TWO STAGE;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77957791225     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445151011075834     Document Type: Article

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