Manufacturing system configuration: Flexibility analysis for automotive mixed-model assembly lines

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 94-99

  Lafou, M ^a,b   Mathieu, L ^a   Pois, S ^b   Alochet, M ^b  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^b Vehicle Production Engineering Direction   (France)

Author keywords

Configuration; Flexibility; Manufacturing system; Mixed Model assembly line; Variety

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE;

CONFIGURATION; CONFIGURATION FLEXIBILITY; FLEXIBILITY; FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS; FLEXIBILITY MEASURES; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; VARIETY; AUTOMOTIVES; SYSTEMS CONFIGURATION; VOLATILE MARKETS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84953931551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24058963     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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