Determining inventory levels in a CONWIP controlled job shop

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-114

  Ryan, Sarah M ^a   Baynat, Bruno ^b   Fred Choobineh, F ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; QUEUEING THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CONSTANT WORK IN PROCESS (CONWIP); JOB SHOPS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034135515     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007602028992     Document Type: Article

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