Lead time and response time in a pull production control system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 474-485

  Kim, Ilhyung ^a   Tang, Christopher S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer service; Manufacturing; Pull systems; Queuing models; Time based competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUEUEING THEORY;

QUEUEING MODELS;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031221480     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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