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Inventory-throughput Relationship

The Inventory-Throughput Relationship is a theoretical construct in operations management that specifies the functional dependence between inventory levels and the rate of throughput in a production system, distinguished by its focus on quantifying how changes in work-in-process inventory affect the flow performance of manufacturing or service processes.

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The Role of Work-in-Process Inventory in Serial Production Lines

Richard Conway, William Maxwell, John O. McClain et al. · Operations Research · 1988 · 364 citations

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Developments in the throughput-income relationship: theoretical and empirical observations

S.M. de Bruyn, J.B. Opschoor · Ecological Economics · 1997 · 263 citations

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The Effects of Low Inventory on the Development of Productivity Norms

Kenneth L. Schultz, David Juran, John W. Boudreau · Management Science · 1999 · 116 citations

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A study of repairable parts inventory system operating under performance-based contract

H. Mirzahosseinian, Rajesh Piplani · European Journal of Operational Research · 2011 · 113 citations

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The process management triangle: An empirical investigation of process trade‐offs

Robert D. Klassen, Larry J. Menor · Journal of Operations Management · 2006 · 95 citations

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    Mahesh Gupta

    University of Louisville, United States

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  2. AD
    A.G. de Kok

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  3. TA
    Tayfur Altıok

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  4. LT
    Laura Thomas

    Cornell University, United States

    1 publications · 364 citations

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    Jan A. Van Mieghem

    Northwestern University, United States

    1 publications · 95 citations

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  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  2. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    63 citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. GTx (United States)

    Memphis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    176 citations

  5. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    179 citations

  6. University of Louisville

    Louisville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    49 citations

  7. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

  8. In-Q-Tel

    Arlington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    257 citations

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  1. International Journal of Production Economics

    8 publications · 242 citations

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  2. International Journal of Production Research

    5 publications · 147 citations

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  3. European Journal of Operational Research

    4 publications · 184 citations

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  4. Journal of Operations Management

    3 publications · 220 citations

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  5. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

    2 publications · 114 citations

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