A case study on the integration of APS and ERP in a steel processing plant

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 552-560

  Wiers, Vincent C S ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced planning and scheduling; Enterprise resource planning; Functional architecture; Supply chain management; System integration

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; SCHEDULING; STEELMAKING;

ADVANCED PLANNING AND SCHEDULING (ARP);

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036758148     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280210160321     Document Type: Article

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