The performances of three workload limiting policies are analysed, and the following are the
three objectives:(i) assessing whether the method of workload limiting affects the …

This paper proposes a new methodological pattern to assess the effectiveness of Order
Review and Release (ORR) techniques in a job shop environment. The standpoint for this …

Much Workload Control research has focussed on the order release stage but failed to
address practical considerations that impact practical application. Order release …

A specific class of production control concepts for jobs shops is based on the principles of
workload control. Practitioners emphasise the importance of workload control. However …

In the workload control literature, the Load-Oriented Order Release (LOOR) approach has
been neglected since its robustness was questioned at the end of the 1990s. This paper …

Several order release methods have been developed for workload control in job shop
production. The release methods of the traditional workload control concepts differ in how …

Most research studies investigating the impact of Order Review/Release (ORR) mechanisms
on shop performance have focused strictly on managing the flow of orders to the shop floor …

Order Review/Release (ORR) activities have mostly been ignored in past job shop research.
In most previous studies, arriving jobs are immediately released to the shop floor without …

Most studies on the performance of workload control (WLC) order release methods assume
products have simple structures. But, in practice, products are often complex and consist of a …

One of the key functions of Workload Control is order release. Jobs are not released
immediately onto the shop floor–they are withheld and selectively released to create a mix of …