A Markov chain analysis of the effectiveness of drum-buffer-rope material flow management in job shop environment

The theory of constraints is an approach for production planning and control, which emphasizes on the constraints in the system to increase throughput. The theory of constraints is often referred to as Drum-Buffer-Rope developed originally by Goldratt. Drum-Buffer-Rope uses the drum or constraint to...

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Main Authors: Masoud Rabbani, Fahimeh Tanhaie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/ijiec/Vol6/IJIEC_2015_20.pdf