Comparing quantifiable methods to measure complexity in assembly

International Journal of Manufacturing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-130

  Mattsson, Sandra ^a   Karlsson, Malin ^a   Gullander, Per ^b   Van Landeghem, Hendrik ^c   Zeltzer, Luiza ^c   Limère, Veronique ^c   Aghezzaf, El Houssaine ^c   Fasth, Åsa ^a   Stahre, Johan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assembly; Components; Flexibility; Manufacturing; Method; Method comparison; Operator; Product variants; Production complexity; Quantifiable; Workstation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

COMPONENTS; FLEXIBILITY; METHOD; METHOD COMPARISON; OPERATOR; PRODUCT VARIANTS; QUANTIFIABLE; WORKSTATION;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84897727462     PISSN: 17500591     EISSN: 17500605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMR.2014.059602     Document Type: Article

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