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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Enhanced Bucket Brigade Order Picking System with a Conveyor
Bucket brigade order picking systems (OPSs) exhibit high operational productivity due to their self-adjusting characteristic without requiring management intervention. However, the unproductive travel behavior...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Revised Mode Switching Policy for a Hybrid Closed-Loop Supply Chain
This research paper investigates the advantages of implementing a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) and underscores the potential enhancements in efficiency, productivity, and sustainability it offers. Additiona...
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Chapter
Exact Solution Method for Balancing of a Self-Balancing Production Line with Worker- and Station-Dependent Speed
On traditional assembly lines, each worker is usually assigned to a particular fixed operation. However, when there is an imbalance between the speeds of workers, a particular worker delays the overall work on...
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Article
Effect of Precursor Solution Aging on the Thermoelectric Performance of CsSnI3 Thin Film
Inorganic CsSnI3 based perovskite crystals are interesting thermoelectric materials, owing to their unusual electronic properties. Here we report the thermoelectric power performance of a solution-coated CsSnI3 t...
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Article
Performance evaluation of candidate appointment schedules using clearing functions
This study is concerned with the problem of reducing the waiting times of outpatients. Both scheduled patients and walk-ins are included among the outpatients to reflect the typical medical environment in Japa...
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Article
An adaptive pull strategy for remanufacturing systems
Recently, remanufacturing systems have been studied from various viewpoints. Van der Laan and Teunter (Eur J Oper Res 175(2):1084–1102, 2006), for example, proposed simple heuristics for push and pull remanufactu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Adaptive Kanban and Production Capacity Control Mechanism
This paper proposes an adaptive kanban and production capacity control system as a new production planning and control mechanism for Just-in-Time environments to minimize the long term average inventories, Work-I...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Integrated Approach for Self-Balancing Production Line with Multiple Parts
In a “Self-Balancing Production Line”, each worker is assigned work dynamically, thus they can keep the balanced production under satisfying the specific conditions. For structure of line, in-tree assembly net...
