Indicators for quality improvability and bottleneck sequence in flexible manufacturing systems with batch production

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 6388-6402

  Wang, Junwen ^a   Li, Jingshan ^a   Arinez, Jorge ^b   Biller, Stephan ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Flexibility; Improvability; Production modelling; Quality management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE PAINTS; BATCH PRODUCTION; BOTTLENECK; FACTORY FLOORS; FLEXIBILITY; IMPROVABILITY; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; PRODUCT QUALITY; QUALITY PERFORMANCE;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84868225228     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.645079     Document Type: Article

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