A simulation study comparing performance of CONWIP and bottleneck-based release rules

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-219

  Gilland, Wendell G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint scheduling; Drum buffer rope; Material release; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; WSI CIRCUITS;

BOTTLENECK RESOURCES; WORK-IN-PROCESS (WIP) INVENTORIES;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0036507644     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280110069784     Document Type: Article

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