Workload control and order release in two-level multi-stage job shops: An assessment by simulation

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 869-882

  Thürer, Matthias ^a   Stevenson, Mark ^b   Silva, Cristovao ^c   Land, Martin ^d   Filho, Moacir Godinho ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

controlled order release; multi stage job shop; simulation; workload control (WLC)

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED ORDER RELEASE; FINAL ASSEMBLY; FLOWTHROUGH; JOB SHOP; LEVEL 2; LEVEL-1; MULTI-STAGE; RELEASE METHODS; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SIMULATION; SUB-ASSEMBLY; TARDY JOBS; THEORY AND PRACTICE; WORK-IN-PROCESS; WORKLOAD CONTROL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84871241829     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.676685     Document Type: Article

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