Due-date performance improvement using TOC's aggregated time buffer method at a wafer fabrication factory

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1783-1792

  Kuo, Tsai Chi ^a   Chang, Sheng Hung ^a   Huang, Shang Nan ^b  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aggregated time buffer; Due date control; On time delivery; Theory of constraints; Wafer fabrication

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

AGGREGATED TIME BUFFER; DUE-DATE CONTROL; ON-TIME DELIVERY; THEORY OF CONSTRAINT; WAFER FABRICATIONS;

FABRICATION;

EID: 56349099276     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.12.038     Document Type: Article

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