Article ID: | iaor2001136 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 81 |
End Page Number: | 101 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2000 |
Journal: | International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems |
Authors: | Plenert Gerhard |
Keywords: | theory of constraints |
Bottleneck allocation methodology (BAM) attempts to blend the best features of other popular production planning philosophies. As a result, BAM could offer a better-integrated schedule with more flexible production planning results. This paper does a literature search of previous methodologies and demonstrates how BAM is an integration of these philosophies. This paper also demonstrates the operation of the BAM process.