Fry, Timothy D.; Philipoom, Patrick R.; Keong Leong, G.; … - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 7 (1987) 6, pp. 55-63
In this paper, the authors investigate the effects bottleneck machines have on the performance of a multi‐stage job shop. The operation performed by the bottleneck and its position in the product Bill of Materials is varied to determine the effects on system performance. It was found that the...