A pragmatic approach for optimal selection of plant-specific process plans in a virtual enterprise

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 562-570

  Feng, D Z ^a   Yamashiro, M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optimization; Partner selection; Process planning; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SCHEDULING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

PLANT-SPECIFIC PROCESS PLAN; PRODUCT QUALITY; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 0345872306     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280310001613759     Document Type: Article

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