A model for kitting operations planning

Assembly Automation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-80

  Caputo, Antonio C ^a   Pelagagge, Pacifico M ^b   Salini, Paolo ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assembly; Cost estimation; Flexible manufacturing; Kitting; Mathematical model; Parts feeding

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATING COSTS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; COST ESTIMATIONS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIRECT OPERATING COSTS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; KITTING; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84921956162     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AA-02-2014-020     Document Type: Article

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