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EPSRC Reference: GR/H20473/01
Title: INVESTIGATION OF BEST PRACTICE IN SHOP FLOOR SCHEDULING
Principal Investigator: Little, Professor D
Other Investigators:
Kenworthy, Professor J
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Bmsg of ICI Engineering Cincom Systems (U K) Ltd Pre Nexus Migration
Department: Manufacturing Eng & Industrial Mgt
Organisation: University of Liverpool
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 December 1991 Ends: 28 February 1995 Value (£): 144,479
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To identify current short term scheduling practice in a sample of UK manufacturing companies and to grade practices according to the degree of success achieved.To compare the traditional manual short term scheduling approach with available software tools.To distil best practice in and short term scheduling and identify factors which are important in achieving this.
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