An investigation of output flow control, bottleneck flow control and dynamic flow control mechanisms in various simple lines scenarios

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-32

  Kim, Seonmin ^a   Roscoe Davis, K ^b   Cox III, James F ^b  

^a Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck flow control; CONWIP; Drum buffer rope; Dynamic flow control; Output flow control

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; FEEDBACK; MARKETING;

BOTTLENECK FLOW CONTROL;

FLOW CONTROL;

EID: 0142258726     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728021000039416     Document Type: Article

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