Yield comparison of push and pull control methods on production systems with unreliable machines

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Ou, Jihong ^a   Jiang, Jiong ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CIBC Process Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Machine malfunctioning; Pull control method

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MACHINE MALFUNCTIONING; PRODUCTION YIELD; PULL CONTROL METHOD;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0031141049     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(97)89131-1     Document Type: Article

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