Optimally loading tow trains for just-in-time supply of mixed-model assembly lines

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-135

  Emde, Simon ^a   Fliedner, Malte ^a   Boysen, Nils ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

in process inventory; just in time; Mixed model assembly lines; tow trains

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; IN-PROCESS; JUST IN TIME; LIMITED CAPACITY; LOADING PROBLEM; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; POLYNOMIAL-TIME; PRODUCT MODELS; PRODUCT VARIETY; PRODUCTION PLANNING; RECENT TRENDS; SEQUENCING PROBLEMS; SHOP FLOOR; SOLUTION PROCEDURE; TOW TRAINS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

LOADING; POLYNOMIALS;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 84856698416     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2011.575442     Document Type: Article

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