Balancing Loss
Book chapter, 2015
This article defines balancing loss in production lines together with the related activity of line balancing that aims to minimise idle time by allocating activities more evenly across the workstations in the line.
balancing loss
line balancing
unequal work allocation
Author
David Bennett
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Volume 10, Operations Management, 3rd Edition
978-1-119-97251-8 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Other Engineering and Technologies
Business Administration
Areas of Advance
Production
DOI
10.1002/9781118785317.weom100049
ISBN
978-1-119-97251-8