A method to enhance volume flexibility in JIT production control

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 653-665

  Moattar Husseini, S M ^a   O'Brien, C ^b   Hosseini, S T ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible Kanban; Just in time; Production control; Strategic flexibility; Volume flexibility

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FLEXIBLE KANBAN; STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY; VOLUME FLEXIBILITY;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 33748743619     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.05.025     Document Type: Article

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