International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management (IJMTM)

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

2011 Vol.23 No.1/2

Special Issue on Unbalanced Production Line Systems: Merits and Applications

Guest Editor: Dr. Sabry Shaaban

Editorial

Pages Title and author(s)
4-15Unbalanced production systems with floats: analysis and lean design
Semyon M. Meerkov, Liang Zhang
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.042105
16-33A response surface methodology for parameter setting in a dynamic Conwip production control system
Pedro L. Gonzalez-R, Jose M. Framinan, Rafael Ruiz-Usano
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.042106
34-53The use of dynamic work sharing production methods to reduce the impact of labour turnover in serial assembly lines
J. Rene Villalobos, Marco A. Gutierrez, Luis R. Mar, Octavio Sanchez, Omar Ahumada
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.042107
54-68Unpaced production lines with jointly unbalanced operation time means and buffer capacities – their behaviour and performance
Sabry Shaaban
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.042108
69-81Modelling of parallel production system with rework paths and its GA based simulator for optimal design
Khalid R. Al-Momani, Jaber E. Abu Qudeiri
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.042109
82-112Metrics and experimental data for assessing unbalanced disassembly lines
Seamus M. McGovern, Surendra M. Gupta
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.042110
113-136Simulated annealing vs. genetic algorithms applied using a new cost function for the car sequencing problem
Juan J. Areal, Ricardo Marin Martin, Julio Garrido Campos
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.042111