Cheng, M.J.; Simmons, J.E.L. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 14 (1994) 10, pp. 4-16
Proposes that the role of traceability in manufacturing systems is to enable the history of events to be followed and compared with scheduled plans and predefined goals. Tracing techniques can be used to detect system status (status tracing), analyse system performance (performance tracing) and...