IIE Transactions articles from January 2005

IIE Transactions archives from January 2005

Complex assembly variant design in agile manufacturing. Part I: system architecture and assembly modeling methodology.
January 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Having experienced mass production, lean manufacturing, and follow the leader, American manufacturing industry has come to a novel manufacturing paradigm: agile manufacturing. Agile manufacturing characterizes a different...

Complex assembly variant design in agile manufacturing. Part II: assembly variant design methodology.
January 1, 2005... 1. Introduction The agile manufacturing environment is characterized by product mass customization, mass proliferation and reduced order quantities (Goldman et al., 1995). Another irreversible trend that is not unique to agile...

Planar area location/layout problem in the presence of generalized congested regions with the rectilinear distance metric.
January 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Facility layout and facility location are critical components in the overall problem of facilities design. Traditionally, however, these problems have mostly been studied independent of one another. The facility layout...

A space allocation algorithm for assembly line components.
January 1, 2005... 1. Introduction and motivation Assembly lines are used in many industries to produce final products to meet customer demand. To allow for some degree of responsiveness to changes in product mix, mixed-model assembly lines are often...

Order batching to minimize total travel time in a parallel-aisle warehouse.
January 1, 2005... 1. Introduction The order picking process in warehouses and distribution centers, which involves the picking of products from specified storage locations, is labor intensive. Indeed, it may consume as much as 60% of all labor activities in...

Throughput performance analysis and machine layout for discrete-space closed-loop conveyors.
January 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Conveyor systems have been studied for the past 30 years as a means of storing and transporting units and have become an integral part of many service, manufacturing, and distribution facilities. In an operational sense, a...

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2005... Process Setup Adjustment with Quadratic Loss IIE Transactions, 32 (2000), 299-307 by Dan Trietsch June 2004 There are typos in the equation of line 8, p. 303, column 2, where [n.sub.m] - 1 should replace [n.sub.m-1], and in...