Kanban number optimisation in a supermarket warehouse feeding a mixed-model assembly system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2997-3017

  Faccio, Maurizio ^a   Gamberi, Mauro ^a   Persona, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assembly lines; Feeding; Kanban; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; DECISION VARIABLES; FEEDING SYSTEM; KANBAN; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; OPTIMISATIONS; PRODUCTION MIX; SUPERMARKET;

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; FEEDING;

RETAIL STORES;

EID: 84876319368     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.751516     Document Type: Article

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