Preventing ergonomic risks with integrated planning on assembly line balancing and parts feeding

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2017, Pages 7452-7472

  Battini, Daria ^a   Calzavara, Martina ^a   Otto, Alena ^b   Sgarbossa, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly line balancing; Case study; Ergonomic risks; Mixed integer linear programming; Part feeding

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGES;

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; HIERARCHICAL PLANNING; INTEGRATED PLANNING; INTEGRATED PLANNING APPROACHES; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MIXED INTEGER MODELS; PART FEEDING; SELF PRIMING PUMPS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 85028556328     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1363427     Document Type: Article

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