An evaluation of the NERJIT priority rule in a kanban-controlled flowshop

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 923-938

  Ardalan, Alireza ^a   Diaz, Rafael ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flowshops; Just In Time; priority rule; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866394348     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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