Three decades of workload control research: a systematic review of the literature

M Thürer, M Stevenson, C Silva - International Journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The workload control (WLC) concept has received much attention in the past three decades;
however, a comprehensive literature review has not been presented. In response, this article …

[图书][B] Production planning and control for semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities: modeling, analysis, and systems

L Mönch, JW Fowler, SJ Mason - 2012 - books.google.com
Over the last fifty-plus years, the increased complexity and speed of integrated circuits have
radically changed our world. Today, semiconductor manufacturing is perhaps the most …

The theory and practice of workload control: A research agenda and implementation strategy

M Stevenson, Y Huang, LC Hendry… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Workload Control (WLC) concept is one of few Production Planning and Control (PPC)
solutions appropriate for Make-To-Order (MTO) companies yet its successful implementation …

Workload based order release and productivity: a missing link

JWM Bertrand, HPG Van Ooijen - Production Planning & Control, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we propose an extension of the job shop models that are used in the theoretical
studies, that can explain the differences between the results of theoretical studies and …

The workload control concept: theory and practical extensions of Load Oriented Order Release

JW Breithaupt, M Land, P Nyhuis - Production Planning & Control, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Workload control (WLC) has been elaborated in the early 1980s to a hierarchical production
control concept for job shop manufacturing. In the 1990s the analytical research at the …

Successful implementation of an order release mechanism based on workload control: a case study of a make-to-stock manufacturer

T Hutter, S Haeussler, H Missbauer - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper deals with improving the lead-time performance of a large crystal manufacturer
that uses a state-of-the-art commercial Enterprise Resource Planning system. Since the …

Concerning workload control and order release: The pre‐shop pool sequencing decision

M Thürer, MJ Land, M Stevenson… - Production and …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Every production planning concept that incorporates controlled order release will initially
withhold jobs from the shop floor and create a pre‐shop pool. Order release is a key …

Order review and release in make-to-order flow shops: analysis and design of new methods

K Kundu, MJ Land, A Portioli-Staudacher… - Flexible Services and …, 2021 - Springer
Increased customization has strengthened the importance of make-to-order companies. The
advent of lean management and the introduction of smart and flexible technologies has …

A simulation study of new multi-objective composite dispatching rules, CONWIP, and push lot release in semiconductor fabrication

N Bahaji, ME Kuhl - International Journal of Production Research, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This paper evaluates dispatching rules and order release policies in two wafer fabrication
facilities (thereafter referred to as 'fab') representing ASIC (application specific integrated …

An experimental investigation on workload limiting methods within ORR policies in a job shop environment

R Cigolini, A Portioli-Staudacher - Production Planning & Control, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The performances of three workload limiting policies are analysed, and the following are the
three objectives:(i) assessing whether the method of workload limiting affects the …