| Article ID: | iaor19911942 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Start Page Number: | 18 |
| End Page Number: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | May 1990 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Ronen Boaz, Schragenheim Eli |
While drum-buffer-rope (DBR) was originally developed as part of the optimized production technology philosophy, it is currently viewed as a special case of the theory of constraints. The approach is demonstrated with a computerized simulation example which produces a schedule that is feasible and close to optimal.