A simulation analysis of the effectiveness of drum-buffer-rope scheduling in furniture manufacturing

Wu, Shih-Yin; Morris, John S.; Gordon, Thomas M.

doi:10.1016/0360-8352(94)90010-8

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“…The term Drum Buffer Rope was identified for the first time in Goldratt (1988) and was disseminated from the 90s (Russell and Fry 1997;Schragenheim and Ronen 1990;Wu, Morris, and Gordon 1994). A simplified version of the Drum Buffer Rope method had its first research papers published in 2010 (de Souza and Baptista 2010; Kim, Cox, and Mabin 2010;Lee et al 2010).…”

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Theory of constraints: review and bibliometric analysis

Ikeziri

Souza

Gupta

et al. 2018

International Journal of Production Research

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This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) research i.e. a total of 1009 journal articles published since 1984. From a bibliometric point of view, the state of the art was mapped and research gaps in the scientific literature identified, creating opportunities for future research. The Production area leads in number of publications, and applications in the Process of Ongoing Improvement in general have been receiving less attention from academics. It is also worth noting that the International Journal of Production Research has the highest concentration of published works on TOC. The results show that TOC is in continuous development with a trend of growth and therefore demands additional inquiry. The main contributions of this work are: (a) presenting a comprehensive historical review and bibliometric analysis on TOC in a manner not yet illustrated in the literature; (b) addressing potential implications and directions for the IJPR community on TOC research; and (c) offering avenues for future research on how to advance the extant literature of TOC.

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Section: Chronological Distribution Of Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Theory of constraints: review and bibliometric analysis

Ikeziri

Souza

Gupta

et al. 2018

International Journal of Production Research

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“…By enabling better scheduling and decision making on the shop floor, its results are remarkable such as higher throughput, lower WIP, and shorter CT. Although, the DBR methods and its applications in some industries has been studied in some literatures recently (Atwater & Chakravorty, 2002;Guide, 1996;Wu & Yeh, 2006;Wu, Morris, & Gordon, 1994), no previous research on the problem of scheduling and control TFT-LCD Cell plant using DBR can be found. A DBR customized model for TFT-LCD Cell process is thus proposed in this article due to its specific domain.…”

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Simulation and scheduling implementation study of TFT-LCD Cell plants using Drum–Buffer–Rope system

Chen

Tsai

et al. 2010

Expert Systems with Applications

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“…Blackstone also pointed out that with Ford Motor Company in the United States, the on-schedule delivery time achievement rate rose after applying the TOC [25]. Gardiner [26], Spencer, Cox [27] and Wu [28] thought that the application of the element "rope" can help to determine the start time of the bottleneck activities, which ensure that predecessor activities can be completed on time through the settings that project resources are totally put into the bottleneck activities and the start time of bottleneck activities are the same as scheduled.Steyn believed that the application of the TOC can harmonize the relationship between risk factors and the project plan organization, and can be more effective in reducing the uncertainty of the project construction schedule [29]. In view of the fact that the buffer mode cannot effectively guarantee the project completed on schedule in some projects, Vonder et al, proposed a distributed buffer setting mode, and thought that the buffer mode had good robustness with the premise of completion on time [30].…”

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Estimating the Probability Distribution of Construction Project Completion Times Based on Drum-Buffer-Rope Theory

2021

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Various factors affecting the construction progress are regarded as bottlenecks giving rise to the project duration overrun. The contractor should combine the project schedule with the plan in order to reduce the uncertainty of the project activities. The present research describes the method derived from the theory of constraints (TOC) attempts to enhance the relationship among activities, to revise and further reduce the uncertainty of construction activities to improve the reliability of project progress. The elements of drum, buffer and rope (DBR) in TOC are added to PERT network schedule; through the identification of schedule in the bottleneck process, the implementation plan of the bottleneck is obtained. By measuring buffer time and calculating network schedule buffer time as well as feeding time, the relationship among activities and uncertainty of duration are also improved. To illustrate the impact of DBR applications on improving project schedule reliability, a case of hydropower station as an example is illustrated to show enhanced reliability of scheduling. As compared to program evaluation and review technique network (PERT) simulation, the simulation results showed that the uncertainty of construction progress could be reduced if the DBR are well cooperated mutually.

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A simulation analysis of the effectiveness of drum-buffer-rope scheduling in furniture manufacturing

Cited by 22 publications

References 2 publications

Theory of constraints: review and bibliometric analysis

Theory of constraints: review and bibliometric analysis

Simulation and scheduling implementation study of TFT-LCD Cell plants using Drum–Buffer–Rope system

Estimating the Probability Distribution of Construction Project Completion Times Based on Drum-Buffer-Rope Theory

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