Flow index based line balancing: A tool to improve the leanness of assembly line design

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3345-3358

  Eswaramoorthi, M ^a   Kathiresan, G R ^b   Jayasudhan, T J ^a   Prasad, P S S ^a   Mohanram, P V ^a  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b K L N COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

assembly line balance; flow index; lean waste; smoothness level; takt time

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCE; ASSEMBLY LINE DESIGN; ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS; BENCHMARK DATA; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DATA SETS; FLOW INDICES; HEURISTIC PROCEDURES; LEAN OPERATIONS; LINE BALANCING; NEW PARAMETERS; SEQUENCING OPERATIONS; SMOOTHNESS LEVEL; TAKT TIME; TASK ALLOCATION; LEAN WASTES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; HEURISTIC METHODS;

HEURISTIC METHODS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS;

EID: 84863188938     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.575895     Document Type: Article

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