Workload control and order release: A lean solution for make-to-order companies

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 939-953

  Thürer, Matthias ^a   Stevenson, Mark ^b   Silva, Cristovao ^a   Land, Martin J ^c   Fredendall, Lawrence D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lean; make to order; order release; workload control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866400823     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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