A simulation-based methodology to analyse production line disruptions

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1885-1897

  Padhi, Sidhartha S ^a   Wagner, Stephan M ^a   Niranjan, Tarikere T ^b   Aggarwal, Vijay ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

design of experiments (DOE); discrete event simulation (DES); manufacturing systems; parameter optimisation; performance improvement

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS; CYCLE TIME; DECISION PARAMETERS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; OPTIMAL SETS; PARAMETER OPTIMISATION; PARAMETER VALUES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PRODUCTION LINE;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 84871320945     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.720389     Document Type: Article

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