Standalone throughput analysis on the wave propagation of disturbances in production sub-systems

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a   Chang, Qing ^a   Brundage, Michael P ^a   Xiao, Guoxian ^b   Biller, Stephan ^c  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; DATA-DRIVEN METHODS; MULTI-STAGE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SERIAL PRODUCTION LINE; SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS;

THROUGHPUT;

EID: 84888872880     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4024815     Document Type: Article

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