An optimizer for the kanban sizing problem: A spreadsheet application for whirlpool corporation

Production and Inventory Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-22

  Hall, John D ^a   Bowden, Royce O ^a   Grant Jr , Richard S ^a   Hadley, William H ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Whirlpool Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERGONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; SPREADSHEETS;

MINIMUM UTILIZATION AND TRIGGER SOLUTION (MUTS) MODEL; SINGLE STAGE KANBAN SIZING PROBLEMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE EXCEL; WORK IN PROCESS (WIP);

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032026273     PISSN: 08978336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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