Assembly Line Planning and Control

• Main Author: Thomopoulos, Nick T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Management.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.

Assembly Line Planning and Control describes the basic fundamentals of assembly lines for single model lines, mixed model make-to-stock lines, mixed model make-to-order lines and for one-station assembly. The book shows how to select the quantity of units to schedule for a shift duration, compute th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Assembly Systems
• Some Fundamentals
• Preliminary Planning
• Inventory Replenishments
• Single Model Assembly
• Mixed Model Make-to-Stock Assembly
• Mixed Model Make-to-Order Assembly
• Postponement Assembly
• One Station Assembly
• Similarity Index
• Learning Curves.