Batch sizes and lead-time performance in flexible manufacturing systems

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-21

  Millar, Harvey H ^a   Yang, Tao ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Batch sizes; Flexible manufacturing systems; Lead times

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION; QUEUEING THEORY;

BATCH SIZES; LEAD TIMES; QUEUEING NETWORK MODEL;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029774698     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00167798     Document Type: Article

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