Manufacturing process analysis with support of workflow modelling and simulation

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1773-1790

  Lin, Huiping ^a   Fan, Yushun ^a   Newman, Stephen T ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Manufacturing process; Modelling; Performance analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REENGINEERING; SCHEDULING;

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING; COMPANY'S STRATEGIES; GRAPHIC PRESENTATIONS; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MODELLING; OPERATIONAL PROCESS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PROCESS ANALYSIS; PROCESS MODELLING; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PROCESS STRUCTURES; PRODUCTION PLANNING; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SCHEDULING POLICIES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; TWO STAGES; WORKFLOW MODELLING; WORKFLOW MODELS;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 60749095769     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701644151     Document Type: Article

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