Availability-adjusted X-factor

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3933-3953

  Delp, D ^a   Si, J ^a   Hwang, Y ^b   Pei, B ^b   Fowler, J ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Capacity constraints; Cycle time performance; X factor theory

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; CYCLE TIME PERFORMANCE; X-FACTOR THEORY;

CONSTRAINT THEORY;

EID: 27944480413     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500140948     Document Type: Article

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