Drum-buffer-rope Scheduling

Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling is a production scheduling framework within bottleneck management that coordinates workflow by synchronizing processes to the pace of the system’s constraint (the drum), protecting throughput with time or inventory buffers (the buffer), and regulating the release of materials based on the constraint’s capacity (the rope).

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1.5K

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87

Authors

43

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2017–2026

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Authors

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  1. SS
    Satya S. Chakravorty

    Kennesaw State University, United States

    4 publications · 120 citations

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  2. WP
    Wendell P. Simpson

    U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 58 citations

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  3. JV
    Jacob V. Simons

    Georgia Southern University, United States

    3 publications · 58 citations

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  4. JH
    John H. Blackstone

    University of Georgia, United States

    3 publications · 91 citations

    3

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  5. JF
    James F. Cox

    University of Georgia, United States

    2 publications · 77 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Production Research

    16 publications · 799 citations

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  2. Production Planning & Control

    4 publications · 114 citations

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  3. International Journal of Production Economics

    3 publications · 169 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management

    JIEM · 2 publications · 36 citations

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  5. Expert Systems with Applications

    2 publications · 52 citations

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