Cyclic job scheduling in paced assembly lines with cross-trained workers

DOI10.1080/00207540600635144zbMath1128.90504OpenAlexW1972852112MaRDI QIDQ5444459

Xiaoqiang Cai, George L. Vairaktarakis, Janice Kim Winch

Publication date: 25 February 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540600635144

zbMATH Keywords

schedulingheuristicworkforce planningcross-trainingpaced assembly line

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35)

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• A Production Line that Balances Itself
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