Design of kitting system in lean-based assembly lines

Assembly Automation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-234

  Kilic, Huseyin Selcuk ^a   Durmusoglu, Mehmet Bulent ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assembly feeding; Assembly lines; Kitting; Lean production; Mixed integer LP model; Parts

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; KITTING; LEAN PRODUCTION; MIXED INTEGER; PARTS;

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COST ACCOUNTING; EMPLOYMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAGES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84870289010     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445151211244357     Document Type: Article

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