Dell uses a new production-scheduling algorithm to accommodate increased product variety

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-219

  Loveland, Jennifer L ^a   Monkman, Susan K ^b   Morrice, Douglas J ^c  

^a DELL INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemble to order. History: This paper was refereed; Heuristic; Optimization; Parallel lines; Product families; Production scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849209238     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1060.0264     Document Type: Article

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