Rough cut capacity planning in a learning environment

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 334-341

  Smunt, Timothy L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity planning; Learning curves; Production and operations management; Production planning; Production scheduling; Productivity improvements

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; EMPLOYMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY;

CAPACITY PLANNING; LEARNING CURVES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS;

PLANNING;

EID: 0030216334     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.511843     Document Type: Article

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