CONWIP card setting in a flow-shop system with a batch production machine

This paper presents an analytical technique to determine the optimum number of cards to control material release in a CONWIP system. The work focuses on the card setting problem for a flow-shop system characterised by the presence of a batch processing machine (e.g. a kiln for long heat treatment)....

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Main Authors: Marcello Braglia, Marco Frosolini, Roberto Gabbrielli, Francesco Zammori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/ijiec/Vol2/IJIEC_2010_39.pdf