Freezing the master production schedule in multilevel material requirements planning systems under deterministic demand

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-161

  Zhao, Xiande ^a   Lee, T S ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Manufacturing planning and control; Master production scheduling; Material requirements planning; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

FREEZING METHOD; MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULE; MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLANNING;

PLANNING;

EID: 0030107956     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537289608930337     Document Type: Article

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