Setting Real Time WIP Levels in Production Lines

A new algorithm is developed for setting WIP level in production lines. It is a pull policy that determines when to authorize a job to be processed. Dynamic information in the system such as machine failures and repairs, and demand variations are taken into consideration to provide an efficient me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yang, R.L., Subramaniam, Velusamy, Gershwin, Stanley B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29833