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IIE Transactions articles from July 2003
This journal publishes original research in the industrial engineering industry, focusing on design and manufacturing, operations and engineering, quality and reliability engineering and scheduling and logistics.
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IIE Transactions archives from July 2003
Using ant techniques to solve the assembly line balancing problem.
July 1, 2003... 1. Introduction
The Assembly Line Balancing (ALB) problem has received a great deal of attention over the years. In general, the problem seeks to schedule a given number of tasks among workstations (according to precedence relationships)...
Determining the importance weights for the customer requirements in QFD using a fuzzy AHP with an extent analysis approach.
July 1, 2003... 1. Introduction
Nowadays, a product's success largely depends on how it meets customer requirements. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a cross-functional planning tool used to ensure that the customers' voice is heard throughout the...
A hybrid inventory system with a time limit on backorders.
July 1, 2003... 1. Introduction
In (Q, r) inventory systems, when a shortage occurs, incoming demands are handled either by emergency orders (or lost sales) or backorders. However, the backorder costs are usually time-dependent, hence it is costly to...