Optimal break and job rotation schedules of high repetitive - Low load manual tasks in assembly lines: An OCRA - Based approach

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1896-1901

  Boenzi, F ^a   Digiesi, S ^a   Mossa, G ^a   Mummolo, G ^a   Romano, V A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive; Break scheduling; Job rotation; Manual tasks; OCRA based mathematical programming; UL WRMSD

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE;

ACCEPTABLE WORKLOADS; AUTOMOTIVE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODELS; JOB ROTATION; MANUAL TASKS; UL-WRMSD; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84884310490     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20130619-3-RU-3018.00625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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