A note on deliberately slowing down output in a family production context

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 4067-4077

  Khouja, Moutaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCHEDULING;

ECONOMIC LOT SCHEDULING PROBLEM; INFINITE PLANNING HORIZON; PRODUCTION RATES;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033225735     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499189934     Document Type: Article

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