A comparison of kitting and continuous supply in in-plant materials supply

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 979-992

  Hanson, Robin ^a   Brolin, Anna ^b,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous supply; In plant materials supply; Kitting

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLIES; CONTINUOUS SUPPLY; EMPIRICAL DATA; IN-PLANT MATERIALS SUPPLY; INVENTORY LEVELS; KITTING; PRODUCT QUALITY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERS; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; SPACE REQUIREMENTS; TWO-MATERIALS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84871342180     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.657806     Document Type: Article

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