Cellular bucket brigades on U-lines with discrete work stations

• Main Authors: LIM, Yun Fong, WU, Yue
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: bucket brigades; U-lines; cross-training; work-sharing; self-organization; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3512; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4511/viewcontent/yflim_POM2013_CellularBucketBridages_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

It is challenging to maximize and maintain productivity of a U-line with discrete stations under the impact of variability. This is because maximizing productivity requires assigning workers to suitable tasks and maintaining productivity requires sufficient flexibility in task assignment to absorb t...