The performance of Due Date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops: An assessment by simulation

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5949-5965

  Thürer, Matthias ^a   Huang, George ^b   Stevenson, Mark ^c   Silva, Cristovao ^a   Filho, Moacir Godinho ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

assembly job shop; Due Date setting; multi stage job shop; simulation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY JOB SHOP; ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; DUE DATES; DUE-DATE SETTING; FINAL ASSEMBLY; JOB SHOP; MULTI-STAGE; PRODUCT STRUCTURE; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL; SETTING RULES; SIMULATION;

MANAGERS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; TRANSFORMER PROTECTION;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84867362906     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.638942     Document Type: Article

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