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An evaluation of heuristics for allocating components to kits in small-lot, multi-echelon assembly systems

J. F. CHEN Feng Chi University, Tai Chung, Taiwan
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W. E. WILHELM Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3131, USA
Pages 2835-2856 | Received 01 Jan 1993, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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Veronique Limère, Hendrik Van Landeghem, Marc Goetschalckx, El-Houssaine Aghezzaf & Leon F. McGinnis. (2012) Optimising part feeding in the automotive assembly industry: deciding between kitting and line stocking. International Journal of Production Research 50:15, pages 4046-4060.
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Zhu Wang, Hongtao Hu & Tianyu Liu. (2023) Iterated-local-search-based chaotic differential evolution algorithm for hybrid-load part feeding scheduling optimization in mixed-model assembly lines. Engineering Computations 40:9/10, pages 2693-2729.
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Alain Vaillancourt. (2016) Kit management in humanitarian supply chains. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 18, pages 64-71.
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Robin Hanson, Lars Medbo & Per Medbo. (2012) Assembly station design: a quantitative comparison of the effects of kitting and continuous supply. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 23:3, pages 315-327.
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Supachai Pathumnakul & Pius J. Egbelu. (2006) An algorithm for minimizing weighted earliness penalty in assembly job shops. International Journal of Production Economics 103:1, pages 230-245.
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Satheesh Ramachandran & Dursun Delen. (2005) Performance analysis of a kitting process in stochastic assembly systems. Computers & Operations Research 32:3, pages 449-463.
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R. Kolisch. (2000) Integrated scheduling, assembly area- and part-assignment for large-scale, make-to-order assemblies. International Journal of Production Economics 64:1-3, pages 127-141.
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H.O. Günther, M. Gronalt & F. Piller. (1996) Component kitting in semi-automated printed circuit board assembly. International Journal of Production Economics 43:2-3, pages 213-226.
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