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A comprehensive literature review and analysis of the design, balancing and scheduling of assembly systems

SOUMEN GHOSH Assistant Professor of Management, Department of Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1121, USA
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ROGER J. GAGNON Associate Professor of Management, Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, 7659 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109, U.S.A.
Pages 637-670 | Received 01 Feb 1988, Published online: 29 Mar 2007
 
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SUMMARY

This paper reports the results of a comprehensive review and analysis of the assembly line balancing literature. Quantitative developments and qualitative issues are addressed at both the strategic and tactical levels. The numerous quantitative and qualitative factors which the literature mentions could impact the design, balancing and scheduling of assembly systems are organized into an eight-level hierarchical, factor/decision taxomony. This comprehensive taxonomy is used to assess our progress in assembly system design and operation. Finally, from the results of the literature review and progress assessment, suggestions for future research on socio-technical assembly systems are offered.

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