Publication:

Establishing the relationship between the mean tardiness and the number of resourcs under close control for companies producing complex products with Beta distributed processing times (2006)

Author(s): Hicks C

    Abstract: Dispatching rule research has focused upon deterministic job shops and has used the same rule for all resources. This paper applies different rules for resources with high and low utilisation and assumes Beta distributed processing times. Data was obtained from a company that produces complex products in low volume. The mean tardiness of products decreased significantly when the highly utilised machines were carefully controlled.

      • Date: 3-6 June 2006
      • Conference Name: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) 2006
      • Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. abstract)
      • Bibliographic status: Published

      Keywords: Capital goods; complex products; dispatching rules.

      Staff

      Professor Christian Hicks
      Prof of Operations Management, Director of Research