A holistic approach to diagnose uncertainty in ERP-controlled manufacturing shop floor

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-289

  Koh, S C L ^a   Saad, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERP; Holistic approach; Mixed mode manufacturing; Uncertainty diagnosis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP);

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0142217266     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728031000111487     Document Type: Article

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