The effect of shop floor continuous improvement programs on the lot size-cycle time relationship in a multi-product single-machine environment

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 5-8, 2011, Pages 669-681

  Godinho Filho, Moacir ^a   Uzsoy, Reha ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Cycle time; Factory physics; Lot size; Multi product single machine environment; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; CYCLE TIME; FACTORY PHYSICS; LOT SIZE; MULTI-PRODUCTS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

FEEDBACK; FLOORS; MANUFACTURE; SYSTEM THEORY; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 79751529868     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2770-8     Document Type: Article

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