Kitting and time efficiency in manual assembly

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1115-1125

  Hanson, Robin ^a,b   Medbo, Lars ^b  

^a SAAB AB   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

kitting; manual assembly; parts presentation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS; KITTING; MANUAL ASSEMBLY; PARTS PRESENTATION; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; TIME EFFICIENCIES; TIME SPENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84860452681     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.555786     Document Type: Article

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