Chained cross-training of assembly line workers

DOI10.1080/00207540410001666224zbMATH Open1094.90569OpenAlexW1998752573MaRDI QIDQ3159673FDOQ3159673

Authors: Robert R. Inman, William C. Jordan, Dennis E. Blumenfeld 

Publication date: 16 February 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540410001666224

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production models (90B30)

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• Principles on the Benefits of Manufacturing Process Flexibility

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