Investigating the factors influencing the shop performance in a job shop environment with kanban-based production control

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 4683-4699

  Li, Jing Wen ^a,b   Barnes, Don J ^c  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Massey University ^*  (Taiwan)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

JOB SHOP MANUFACTURING;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0034672924     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540050205587     Document Type: Article

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