Improving production logistics through materials flow control and lot splitting

Competitive advantage of make-to-order manufacturing companies is highly dependent on their capability to offer short delivery times and on time delivery. This calls for effective production and materials flow control – a core part of production logistics. This paper applies discrete simulation to s...

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Main Author: Gomes, Catarina (author)
Other Authors: Ribeiro, Andreia (author), Freitas, João (author), Dias, Luis S. (author), Pereira, Guilherme (author), Vieira, António Amaro Costa (author), Fernandes, Nuno O. (author), Silva, Sílvio Carmo (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/46395
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/46395