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Matthias Thurer

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Book
  2. Published

    Card-based control systems for a lean work design: the fundamentals of Kanban, ConWIP, POLCA and COBACABANA

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Protzman III, C. W., 22/02/2016, Boca Raton: CRC Press. 194 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  3. Journal article
  4. E-pub ahead of print

    Material flow control in make-to-stock production systems: An assessment of order generation, order release and production authorization by simulation

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Lödding, H. & Stevenson, M., 20/02/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    (Re)-discovering simulation as a critical element of OM/SCM research: call for research

    Melnyk, S. A., Thürer, M., Blome, C., Schoenherr, T. & Gold, S., 5/12/2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    On the integration of card-allocation and dispatching decisions in POLCA systems: An assessment by simulation

    Fernandes, N., Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 30/09/2023, In: Production Planning and Control. 34, 13, p. 1225-1232 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Dynamic planned lead times in production planning and control systems: Does the lead time syndrome matter?

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Haeussler, S. & Stevenson, M., 16/02/2023, In: International Journal of Production Research. 61, 4, p. 1268-1282 15 p., 4.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Bottleneck detection in high-variety make-to-order shops with complex routings: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Ma, L., Stevenson, M. & Roser, C., 31/10/2022, In: Production Planning and Control. 33, 15, p. 1481-1492 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Improving urgency-based backlog sequencing of jobs: An assessment by simulation

    Fernandes, N. O., Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Carmo-Silva, S., 14/10/2022, In: Machines. 10, 10, 14 p., 935.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    When it’s the Slaves that Pay: In Search of a Fair Due Diligence Cost Distribution in Conflict Mineral Supply Chains

    Schleper, M., Blome, C., Stevenson, M., Thurer, M. & Tusell, I., 31/08/2022, In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 164, 17 p., 102801.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Order Release, Dispatching and Resource Assignment in Multiple Resource Constrained Job Shops: An Assessment by Simulation

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 30/06/2022, In: International Journal of Production Research. 60, 12, p. 3669-3681 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Production Planning and Control in Multi-Stage Assembly Systems: An Assessment of Kanban, MRP, OPT (DBR) and DDMRP by Simulation

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O. & Stevenson, M., 31/03/2022, In: International Journal of Production Research. 60, 3, p. 1036-1050 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Direct Workload Control: Simplifying Continuous Order Release

    Fernandes, N. O., Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 28/02/2022, In: International Journal of Production Research. 60, 4, p. 1424-1437 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Material Handling and Order Release Control in High-Variety Make-To-Order Shops: An Assessment by Simulation

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 31/12/2021, In: Operations Management Research. 14, p. 494-506 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Breaking the mould: Achieving high volume production output with additive manufacturing

    Huang, Y., Eyers, D., Stevenson, M. & Thurer, M., 1/12/2021, In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 41, 12, p. 1844-1851 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Workload Control in Additive Manufacturing Shops where Post-Processing is a Constraint: An Assessment by Simulation

    Thurer, M., Huang, Y. & Stevenson, M., 31/07/2021, In: International Journal of Production Research. 59, 14, p. 4268-4286 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Inventory Diagnosis for Flow Improvement – A Design Science Approach

    Land, M., Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Fredendall, L. & Scholten, K., 13/07/2021, In: Journal of Operations Management. 67, 5, p. 560-587 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Workload Control Order Release in General and Pure Flow Shops with Limited Buffer Size Induced Blocking: An Assessment by Simulation

    Thurer, M., Ma, L. & Stevenson, M., 1/05/2021, In: International Journal of Production Research. 59, 8, p. 2558-2569 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Self-organizing material flow control using smart products: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Stevenson, M., Qu, T. & Huang, G., 1/02/2021, In: Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering. 38, 2, p. 148-156 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Improving Superfluous Load Avoidance Release (SLAR): A New Load-Based SLAR Mechanism

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 1/01/2021, In: International Journal of Production Economics. 231, 8 p., 107881.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Lot Synchronization in Make-to-Order Shops with Order Release Control: An Assessment by Simulation

    Fernandes, N. O., Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Carmo-Silva, S., 1/11/2020, In: International Journal of Production Research. 58, 21, p. 6724-6738 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Worker Assignment in Dual Resource Constrained Assembly Job Shops with Worker Heterogeneity: An Assessment by Simulation

    Thurer, M., Zhang, H., Stevenson, M., Costa, F. & Ma, L., 17/10/2020, In: International Journal of Production Research. 58, 20, p. 6336-6349 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Material Flow Control in High-Variety Make-to-Order Shops: Combining COBACABANA and POLCA

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. & Stevenson, M., 1/09/2020, In: Production and Operations Management. 29, 9, p. 2138-2152 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    The use of finite loading to guide short-term capacity adjustments in make-to-order job shops: An assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 1/06/2020, In: International Journal of Production Research. 58, 12, p. 3554-3569 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    State-Dependent Service Rates in Make-to-Order Shops: An Assessment by Simulation

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Aitken, J. & Silva, C., 1/06/2020, In: Operations Management Research. 13, p. 70-84 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    A systematic review of China’s belt and road initiative: Implications for global supply chain management

    Thurer, M., Tomasevic, I., Stevenson, M., Blome, C., Melnyk, S. A., Chan, H. K. & Huang, G., 17/04/2020, In: International Journal of Production Research. 58, 8, p. 2436-2453 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. E-pub ahead of print

    Systematic review and discussion of production control systems that emerged between 1999 and 2018

    Bagni, G., Godinho Filho, M., Thürer, M. & Stevenson, M., 23/03/2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Production Planning and Control. 32, 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Parts feeding in two-stage assembly system: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O. & Stevenson, M., 31/12/2019, In: Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering. 36, 7, p. 493-501 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. E-pub ahead of print

    A game theory model based on Gale-Shapley for dual-resource constrained (DRC) flexible job shop scheduling

    Renna, P., Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 1/11/2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations. 11, 2, p. 173-184 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    POLC-A: an assessment of POLCA’s authorization element

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Stevenson, M., Silva, C. & Carmo-Silva, S., 1/08/2019, In: Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 30, 6, p. 2435–2447 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    On the combined effect of due date setting, order release, and output control: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Land, M. J. & Fredendall, L., 19/03/2019, In: International Journal of Production Research. 57, 6, p. 1741-1755 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Workload control in dual resource constrained high-variety shops: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Renna, P., 1/03/2019, In: International Journal of Production Research. 57, 3, p. 931-947 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    On the meaning of ConWIP cards: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Ziengs, N. & Stevenson, M., 1/03/2019, In: Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering. 36, 1, p. 49-58 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Centralised vs. decentralised control decision in card-based control systems: comparing kanban systems and COBACABANA

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Stevenson, M., Qu, T. & Li, C. D., 2019, In: International Journal of Production Research. 57, 2, p. 322-337 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. E-pub ahead of print

    On the integration of manufacturing strategy: Deconstructing Hoshin Kanri

    Thurer, M., Fredendall, L., Gianiodis, P., Maschek, T., Deuse, J. & Stevenson, M., 22/11/2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Management Research Review. 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Lot splitting under load-limiting order release in high-variety shops: An assessment by simulation

    Thürer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Carmo-Silva, S. & Stevenson, M., 07/2018, In: Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 48, Part A, p. 63-72 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    A Systematic Review of the Literature on Integrating Sustainability into Engineering Curricula

    Thürer, M., Tomašević, I., Stevenson, M., Qu, T. & Huisingh, D., 20/04/2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 181, p. 608-617 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Bottleneck-oriented order release with shifting bottlenecks: An assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 03/2018, In: International Journal of Production Economics. 197, p. 275-282 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. E-pub ahead of print

    On the meaning and use of excellence in the operations literature: a systematic review

    Thurer, M., Tomasevic, I., Stevenson, M., Fredendall, L. & Protzman III, C. W., 6/02/2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Total Quality Management and Business Excellence. 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    On the Beat of the Drum: Improving the Flow Shop Performance of the Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling Mechanism

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 2018, In: International Journal of Production Research. 56, 9, p. 3294-3305 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    On strategic trade-offs: Does the principle of energy conservation explain the trade-off law?

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Sarmiento, R. & Gianiodis, P., 11/2017, In: Management Research Review. 40, 11, p. 1163-1174 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Deconstructing bottleneck shiftiness: the impact of the bottleneck position on order release control in pure flow shops

    Thurer, M., Qu, T., Stevenson, M., Huang, G. & Li, C. D., 09/2017, In: Production Planning and Control. 28, 15, p. 1223-1235 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Improving performance in POLCA controlled high variety shops: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Carmo-Silva, S. & Stevenson, M., 07/2017, In: Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 44, Part 1, p. 143-153 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    On the backlog-sequencing decision for extending the applicability of ConWIP to high-variety contexts: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Fernandes, N. O., Stevenson, M. & Qu, T., 06/2017, In: International Journal of Production Research. 55, 16, p. 4695-4711 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Drum-buffer-rope and workload control in high-variety flow and job shops with bottlenecks: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Silva, C. & Qu, T., 06/2017, In: International Journal of Production Economics. 188, p. 116-127 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    On the integration of due date setting and order release control

    Thurer, M., Land, M., Stevenson, M. & Fredendall, L., 05/2017, In: Production Planning and Control. 28, 5, p. 420-430 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Improving the logistics of a constant order-cycle Kanban system

    Silva, C., Ferreira, L. M., Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 07/2016, In: Production Planning and Control. 27, 7-8, p. 650-659 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Workload control in job shops with re-entrant flows: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 07/2016, In: International Journal of Production Research. 54, 17, p. 5136-5150 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. E-pub ahead of print

    Card-based delivery date promising in pure flow shops with order release control

    Thurer, M. & Stevenson, M., 22/04/2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Production Research. 54, 22, p. 6798-6811 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    On the integration of input and output control: workload control order release

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Land, M., 04/2016, In: International Journal of Production Economics. 174, p. 43-53 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Job sequencing and selection within workload control order release: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Qu, T., 02/2016, In: International Journal of Production Research. 54, 4, p. 1061-1075 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Card-based delivery date promising in high-variety manufacturing with order release control

    Thurer, M., Land, M., Stevenson, M. & Fredendall, L. D., 02/2016, In: International Journal of Production Economics. 172, p. 19-30 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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