Scheduling preventive overtime: A new approach for the automotive industry

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 555-565

  Inman, Robert R ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; SCHEDULING;

OVERTIME;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030190193     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15458830.1996.11770700     Document Type: Article

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