The effects of a simple arrival rate control policy on throughput and work-in-process in production systems with workload dependent processing rates

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Van Ooijen, H P G ^a   Bertrand, J W M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job shop; Production activity control; Productivity; Workload control

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; THROUGHPUT;

JOB-SHOPS; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY CONTROL; WORKLOAD CONTROL;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 1642381138     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00086-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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