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Unbalanced lines: where are we now?

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  • Sarah Hudson
  • Tom McNamara
  • Sabry Shaaban

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Unbalanced unpaced serial production lines have been the subject of continued interest over the last half a century. Research into these systems taking a diversity of approaches has given rise to a variety of insights which may be of increasing relevance in a context of fast-changing production and flexibility needs. By mapping the major conclusions reached in the area of unpaced asynchronous unbalanced lines over time and from diverse sources, this review identifies some possible future avenues of research that can usefully advance knowledge in this domain.

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  • Sarah Hudson & Tom McNamara & Sabry Shaaban, 2015. "Unbalanced lines: where are we now?," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(6), pages 1895-1911, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:53:y:2015:i:6:p:1895-1911
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.965357
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    1. Sabry Shaaban & Rodrigo Romero-Silva, 2021. "Performance of merging lines with uneven buffer capacity allocation: the effects of unreliability under different inventory-related costs," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 29(4), pages 1253-1288, December.
    2. Romero-Silva, Rodrigo & Shaaban, Sabry & Marsillac, Erika & Laarraf, Zouhair, 2021. "The impact of unequal processing time variability on reliable and unreliable merging line performance," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
    3. Battaïa, Olga & Dolgui, Alexandre, 2022. "Hybridizations in line balancing problems: A comprehensive review on new trends and formulations," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 250(C).
    4. Matthias Thürer & Mark Stevenson & James Aitken & Cristovao Silva, 2020. "State-dependent service rates in make-to-order shops: an assessment by simulation," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 70-84, June.
    5. Kiesmüller, G.P. & Sachs, F.E., 2020. "Spare parts or buffer? How to design a transfer line with unreliable machines," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 284(1), pages 121-134.
    6. Sachs, F.E. & Helber, S. & Kiesmüller, G.P., 2022. "Evaluation of Unreliable Flow Lines with Limited Buffer Capacities and Spare Part Provisioning," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 302(2), pages 544-559.

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