Applying different control approaches for resources with high and low utilisation: A case study of the production of complex products with stochastic processing times

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-218

  Hicks, Christian ^a   Pongcharoen, Pupong ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Capital goods.; Dispatching rules; Manufacturing control; OPT; Optimised production technology

Indexed keywords

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BOTTLENECK RESOURCES; CAPITAL GOODS; DISPATCHING RULES; MANUFACTURING CONTROL; OPERATIONAL FACTORS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSING TIME;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 67549084647     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.024916     Document Type: Article

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