The Concept of Bottleneck

摘要：

The term bottleneck has been extensively used in operations management literature. Yet, we show that the term has not been rigorously defined. This paper provides a classification of bottleneck definitions available in literature and discusses several myths associated with the concept of bottleneck. The apparent diversity of definitions raises the question whether it is possible to have a single bottleneck definition which has applicability in diverse production/service environments.We propose an universally applicable bottleneck definition based on the concept of average shadow price and discuss the procedure for determination of bottleneck values for several production environments.

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007 International Conference on Manufacturing & Service Operations Management(2007制造与服务运作管理国际学术会议)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2007-06-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）