A comparison of JIT and TOC buffering philosophies on system performance with unplanned machine downtime

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1869-1885

  Watson, K J ^a   Patti, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Just in time; Theory of constraints

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT;

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 39449108575     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600972943     Document Type: Article

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