Modeling and worker motivation in JIT production systems

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1595-1607

  Schultz, Kenneth L ^a   Juran, David C ^a   Boudreau, John W ^a   McClain, John O ^a   Thomas, L Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Independence Assumption; JIT; Job Design; Serial Production Lines

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; SCHEDULING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTIONS; SERIAL PRODUCTION LINES;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032302365     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.12.1595     Document Type: Article

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