Learning and process improvement during production ramp-up

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-19

  Terwiesch, Christian ^a   E Bohn, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PRODUCTION RAMP-UP;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0035283518     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(00)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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