Increasing student interest and comprehension of production planning and control and operations performance measurement concepts using a production line game

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 489-511

  Cox, James F ^a   Walker, Edward D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drum buffer rope; kanban; production planning and control systems; traditional production measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990386159     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562904271202     Document Type: Article

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