A Modeling Framework for Planning and Control of Production in Discrete Parts Manufacturing and Assembly Systems

William Maxwell, John A. Muckstadt, L. Joseph Thomas and Jacques Vander Eecken
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William Maxwell: School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
John A. Muckstadt: School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
L. Joseph Thomas: Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
Jacques Vander Eecken: Department of Applied Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Interfaces, 1983, vol. 13, issue 6, 92-104

Abstract: A modeling framework for production control, consisting of three phases, has several advantages over current MRP systems. The types of problems that exist in practice, currently available systems, and other literature in the area are also discussed.

Keywords: inventory/production; production scheduling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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