publication . Article . Other literature type . 2012

Task-failure-driven rebalancing of disassembly lines

Altekin, F. Tevhide; Akkan, Can;

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Published: 15 Sep 2012 Journal: International Journal of Production Research, volume 50, pages 4,955-4,976 (issn: 0020-7543, eissn: 1366-588X,

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Country: Yemen

Summary

Abstract

Many reverse-logistics systems that collect and reprocess end-of-life products require a disassembly stage. The nature of variability in incoming products, and damages, which are more likely to occur during disassembly than assembly, create a significant uncertainty in disassembly tasks, namely, possibility of failed tasks. Such failures may lead to some successor tasks being infeasible, which changes work contents of downstream stations. To improve the profitability of such a disassembly line, a mixed-integer-programming-based, predictive-reactive approach is proposed: first a predictive balance is created and then given a task failure, the tasks of the core wi...

doi: 10.1080/00207543.2011.616915

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free text keywords: Profitability index, Work content, Engineering, business.industry, business, Line balancing, Successor cardinal, Operations management, Sinc function, Workload, TS Manufactures, TS0155-194 Production management. Operations management

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