Bottleneck management: Theory and practice

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-447

  Chakravorty, S S ^a   Atwater, J Brian ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck management; Case study; Theory of constraints

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PERSONNEL; PLANT MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BOTTLENECK MANAGEMENT; BOTTLENECK UTILIZATION; CASE STUDY; THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33746852413     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280600682752     Document Type: Article

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