A lean production control system for high-variety/low-volume environments: A case study implementation

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 586-595

  Slomp, Jannes ^a   Bokhorst, Jos A C ^a   Germs, Remco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CONWIP; Job shop; Lean manufacturing; Make to order (MTO); Takt time

Indexed keywords

CONWIP; JOB SHOP; LEAN MANUFACTURING; MAKE-TO-ORDER (MTO); TAKT TIME;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; RESEARCH;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 70349642237     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280903086164     Document Type: Article

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