Finding optimal material release times using simulation-based optimization

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-102

  Homem de Mello, Tito ^a   Shapiro, Alexander ^a   Spearman, Mark L ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise Resources Planning Systems; Flow Lines; Lead Times; Manufacturing Executions Systems; Release Strategies; Simulation Based Optimization; Stochastic Systems; Tardiness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEMS; SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032634574     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.1.86     Document Type: Article

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