| Article ID: | iaor1988985 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 82 |
| End Page Number: | 85 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1989 |
| Journal: | IIE Transactions |
| Authors: | Altiok Tayfur, Kao Zuling |
| Keywords: | inventory, measurement |
A production/inventory system consisting of work stations in series and a finished product warehouse is introduced. Bounds for the throughput are developed through the analysis of the reversed system of tandem queues. Examples are provided to show the bounds.