Forklift free factory: A case study of different transportation systems in the automotive industry

9th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2011, ISC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 217-224

  Govaert, Tim ^a   Bauters, Karel ^a   Limère, Veronique ^a   Van Landeghem, Hendrik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automatic guided vehicle (AGV); Electrified monorail system (EMS); Kitting; Plant Simulation; Simulation; Tugger

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; TRANSPORTATION;

KITTING; MONORAIL SYSTEMS; PLANT SIMULATION; SIMULATION; TUGGER;

LOADING;

EID: 84898417187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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