Assembly system design and operations for product variety

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 715-733

  Hu, S J ^a   Ko, J ^b   Weyand, L ^c   Elmaraghy, H A ^d   Lien, T K ^e   Koren, Y ^a   Bley, H ^c   Chryssolouris, G ^f   Nasr, N ^g   Shpitalni, M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^g ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assembly; System; Variety

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; ASSEMBLY SYSTEM DESIGN; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; COMPONENT PART; HUMAN OPERATOR; MANUFACTURING PARADIGM; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MASS PRODUCTION; OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PERSONALIZED PRODUCTS; PRESENCE OF PRODUCT; PRODUCT REALIZATION; PRODUCT VARIETY; SEQUENCE GENERATION; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEM; VARIETY;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MANUFACTURE; RIVETING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 80051668632     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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