Workforce management in manual assembly lines of large products: a case study

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Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 6906-6911

  Martignago, Michele ^a,b   Battaïa, Olga ^a   Battini, Daria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assembly line; Balancing; Integer linear programming; Large products; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; BALANCING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

ASSEMBLY LINE; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LARGE PRODUCTS; MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES; SIMPLE ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; TOTAL COST MINIMIZATIONS; WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 85031825706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24058963     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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