Doerr, Kenneth H.; Klastorin, Theodore D.; Magazine, … - In: Management Science 46 (2000) 3, pp. 421-435
In this paper, we consider the design of a synchronous, unpaced flow line where workers operate at different skill levels and overtime is used, if necessary, to meet a daily production quota. The line is unpaced in the sense that items only move to the next workstation when all workers on the...