Integrated analysis of quality and production logistics performance in manufacturing lines

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 485-518

  Colledani, M ^a   Tolio, T ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ITIA CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

buffer sizing; control charts; manufacturing systems engineering; Markovian analysis; quality control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL METHODS; BUFFER SIZING; CONTROL ACTIONS; CONTROL CHARTS; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED DESIGN TECHNIQUES; MANUFACTURING LINES; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; MARKOVIAN; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PRODUCTION LOGISTICS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; STATISTICAL CONTROL; SYSTEM DECOMPOSITION;

FLOWCHARTING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 78649458985     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903443246     Document Type: Article

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