Effective material flow at an assembly facility

DOI10.1080/00207540903186266MaRDI QIDQ3168925zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kimberly P. Ellis, Joseph H. Wilck IV, Pratik J. Parikh, Franky Marchand, R. D. Meller

Publication date 27 April 2011

Published in International Journal of Production Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540903186266

zbMATH Keywords

assembly systemsmanufacturing logisticsmaterial flownetwork flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Production models (90B30)

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• Modelling and optimisation of assembly processes

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• An integrated material handling system for a truck assembly plant
• A conceptual framework for outsourcing of materials handling activities in automotive: differentiation and implementation
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• Research on material distribution of hydraulic components in digital workshop
• Cross-docking based factory logistics unitisation process: an approximate dynamic programming approach
• Fast and efficient methods for industrial floor assembly

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