Towards an integrated workload control (WLC) concept: The performance of due date setting rules in job shops with contingent orders

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4502-4516

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

contingent orders.; customer enquiry management (CEM); due date setting; lead time; make to order (MTO); workload control (WLC)

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT ORDERS; CUSTOMER ENQUIRIES; DUE-DATE SETTING; LEADTIME; MAKE TO ORDER; WORKLOAD CONTROL;

INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SALES; TRANSFORMER PROTECTION;

LOADING;

EID: 84882449229     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.774485     Document Type: Article

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