Balancing manual mixed-model assembly lines using overtime work in a demand variation environment

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3552-3567

  Li, Jinlin ^a,b   Gao, Jie ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

balancing; bound; demand variation; mixed model assembly line; overtime

Indexed keywords

BALANCING; COST ACCOUNTING; EMPLOYMENT; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

BALANCING PROBLEMS; BOUND; DEMAND VARIATIONS; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; OVERTIME; PLANNING HORIZONS; PRODUCTION VOLUMES;

WAGES;

EID: 84898032156     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.874603     Document Type: Article

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