Design for assembly line performance: The link between DFA metrics and assembly line performance metrics

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 73-84

  Esterman Jr , Marcos ^a   Kamath, Krishna ^a  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; ASSEMBLY LINE; BRAKE ASSEMBLIES; CYCLE TIME; CYCLE TIME PERFORMANCE; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DESIGN STAGE; DESIGN TOOL; LINE BALANCING; MANUFACTURING LINES; MANUFACTURING PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE ISSUES; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS; PRODUCT DESIGNERS; PRODUCTION RATES; TAKT TIME;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 80055008710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-28339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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