Tracking production rate of constant work-in-process controlled job shop

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-245

  Al Tahat, Mohammad D ^a   Jalham, Issam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Constant work in process; CONWIP; Material control; Pull production systems; Shop floor control

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349111333     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2008.016619     Document Type: Article

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