Finite capacity scheduling tools: Observations of installations offer some lessons

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 34-38

  Porter, Keith ^a   Little, David ^b   Kenworthy, John ^c   Jarvis, Peter ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

CUSTOMER SERVICE CRITERIA; DUE DATE PERFORMANCE; FINITE CAPACITY SCHEDULING TOOLS; SHORT TERM SCHEDULING;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0029748448     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069610125085     Document Type: Article

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8. Kenworthy, J., Little, D., Jarvis, P. and Porter, J.K., "Success factors for shop floor scheduling", Proceeding of 29th Annual Conference, "Getting Better All the Time", BPICS, Birmingham, 1994, pp. 245-58.