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| Author: | Berman, O. Larson, R. C. Pinker, E. |
| Title: | Scheluding workforce and workflow in a high volume factory |
| Journal: | Management Science
1997 : FEB, VOL. 43:2, P. 158-172 |
| Index terms: | SCHEDULING MANUFACTURING LINEAR PROGRAMMING QUEUING THEORY NETWORKS MARKOV CHAINS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper presents and executes an object-oriented linear programming model of a high volume factory. The key results are model-relevant for certain firms operating such factories, providing a generic modeling structure in which to analyze a wide variety of operations; policy relevant for managers and workers since the results demonstrate the cost advantages of cross-trained, flexible workers and inventorying of work-in-progress; product-relevant for operations researchers and management scientists, since a large linear programming model can be developed and used with ease via the bundling of functions within an object-oriented computer software implementation. |
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