Chaos and Convergence on Bucket Brigade Assembly Lines
One way to coordinate the efforts of workers along an assembly line that has fewer workers than work stations is to form a bucket brigade. Each worker in a bucket brigade simultaneously assembles a single item (an instance of the product) along the line. The worker carries the item from work station...
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Main Authors: | Bartholdi, III, John J., Eisenstein, Donald D., LIM, Yun Fong |
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2007
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2420 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3419/viewcontent/yflim_MSOMConf2007.pdf |
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