A unified framework for pull control mechanisms in multi-stage manufacturing systems

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 325-355

  Liberopoulos, George ^a   Dallery, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Base stock; Kanban; Pull production control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034379814     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018980024795     Document Type: Article

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