ON THE SELECTION OF A PRINTED-CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY-LINE SYSTEM

Citation
D. Santos et al., ON THE SELECTION OF A PRINTED-CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY-LINE SYSTEM, Computers & industrial engineering, 29, 1995, pp. 591-595
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Engineering, Industrial
ISSN journal
03608352
Volume
29
Year of publication
1995
Pages
591 - 595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-8352(1995)29:<591:OTSOAP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
As in most arenas, the electronics manufacturing industry is facing hi gh competition in today's world market. One of the most significant de cisions a printed circuit (PCB) manufacturer has to make in order to r emain competitive is the selection of the best (in terms of operating cost and production performance) assembly line configuration on which to produce its PCBs from among a set of alternatives. On the other han d, distributors of printed circuit board assembly line systems have th e task of providing the different assembly line configuration alternat ives for selection to their electronics manufacturing customers. This paper is concerned with the integration of various software packages i nto a decision support system which is being used to aid a manufacture r of PCB assembly line systems in proposing alternative configurations to its potential customers.