Convertibility indicator for manual mixed-model assembly lines

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-319

  Lafou, Meriem ^a,b   Mathieu, Luc ^a   Pois, Stéphane ^b   Alochet, Marc ^b  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^b RENAULT   (France)

Author keywords

Convertibility; Mixed Model Assembly line; Variety

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION;

CONVERTIBILITY; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; PROCESS INFORMATION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; VARIETY;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84904511115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128271     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2014.03.113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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