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Volume 51, Issue 6
1 November 2002
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Research Article| November 01 2002

A comparison of buffer management systems and associated equipment utilizations Available to Purchase

Lloyd J. Taylor
Lloyd J. Taylor
Lloyd J. Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, USA.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7190
Print ISSN: 0043-8022
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Work Study (2002) 51 (6): 287–296.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020210441830

Compares alternative buffer control systems used in a flow process, assembly line manufacturing system. Follows a literature analysis with the use of computer simulation to assess and measure the effects of each system on overall production performance, and individual workstation utilization.

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inventory, Management, Control, Just’in’time, Materials requirements planning, Simulation
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