Determination of the number of containers, production kanbans and withdrawal kanbans; and scheduling in kanban flowshops - Part 1

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2529-2548

  Hemamalini, B ^a   Rajendran, Chandrasekharan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS HANDLING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

FLOWSHOPS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034691895     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540050031904     Document Type: Article

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