A novel metric for determining the constraining effect of resources in manufacturing via simulation

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3565-3584

  Kernan, Brian ^a   Lynch, Andrew ^a   Tung, Dang ^a   Sheahan, Con ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

enterprise; machine; manufacturing; resource; skill; starvation

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE; MACHINE; MANUFACTURING; RESOURCE; SKILL; STARVATION;

DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; MANUFACTURE; THROUGHPUT;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 79953819441     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.481643     Document Type: Article

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