Design and simulation of CONWIP in the complex flexible job shop of a Make-To-Order manufacturing firm

International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-134

  Romagnoli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex manufacturing system; CONWIP; Flexible job shop; Make to order; Shop floor; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923548462     PISSN: 19232926     EISSN: 19232934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5267/j.ijiec.2014.8.003     Document Type: Article

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