| Article ID: | iaor1992114 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Start Page Number: | 76 |
| End Page Number: | 82 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1991 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Sarkis J. |
| Keywords: | inventory |
In the previous decade integrated, flexible, and automated manufacturing systems have gone through profound growth; there needs to be a corresponding evolution of control systems. This article discusses and summarizes the adaptations these production and inventory control systems must make and the type of environment they will face.