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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Workload control and order release in two-level multi-stage job shops: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Silva, C., Land, M. & Filho, M., 02/2013, In: International Journal of Production Research. 51, 3, p. 869-882 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Card-based workload control for job shops: improving COBACABANA

    Thurer, M., Land, M. & Stevenson, M., 01/2014, In: International Journal of Production Economics. 147 Part A, p. 180-188 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Developments, opportunities and challenges faced by small manufacturers in Brazil: An exploratory survey

    Thurer, M., Filho, M., Stevenson, M. & Fredendall, L., 2012. 0 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  6. 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

  7. Published

    The application of workload control in assembly job shops: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Silva, C. & Huang, G., 2012, In: International Journal of Production Research. 50, 18, p. 5048-5062 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Small and medium sized manufacturing companies in Brazil: is innovativeness a key competitive capability to develop?

    Thurer, M., Filho, M., Stevenson, M. & Fredendall, L., 2015, In: Acta Scientiarum. Technology. 37, 3, p. 379-387 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Lean control for make-to-order companies: integrating customer enquiry management and order release

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Silva, C., Land, M., Fredendall, L. & Melnyk, S. A., 03/2014, In: Production and Operations Management. 23, 3, p. 463-476 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Concerning workload control and order release: the pre-shop pool sequencing decision

    Thurer, M., Land, M., Stevenson, M., Fredendall, L. & Filho, M., 07/2015, In: Production and Operations Management. 24, 7, p. 1179-1192 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Towards an integrated Workload Control (WLC) concept: the performance of due date setting rules in job shops with contingent orders

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M., Silva, C. & Land, M., 2013, In: International Journal of Production Research. 51, 15, p. 4502-4516 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Card-based production control: a review of the control mechanisms underpinning Kanban, ConWIP, POLCA and COBACABANA systems

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Protzman III, C. W., 2016, In: Production Planning and Control. 27, 14, p. 1143-1157 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    The performance of due date setting rules in assembly and multi-stage job shops: an assessment by simulation

    Thurer, M., Huang, G., Stevenson, M., Silva, C. & Filho, M., 2012, In: International Journal of Production Research. 50, 20, p. 5949-5965 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    Lean for small make-to-order shops: operationalizing Workload Control (WLC) using spreadsheets

    Thurer, M., Filho, M., Fredendall, L., Land, M. & Stevenson, M., 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  20. Published

    COBACABANA (control of balance by card based navigation): an alternative to kanban in the pure flow shop?

    Thurer, M., Stevenson, M. & Protzman III, C. W., 08/2015, In: International Journal of Production Economics. 166, p. 143-151 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Small manufacturers in Brazil: competitive priorities vs. capabilities

    Thurer, M., Filho, M., Stevenson, M. & Fredendall, L., 10/2014, In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 74, 9-12, p. 1175-1185 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 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

  23. Published

    Improving the applicability of workload control (WLC): the influence of sequence dependent set-up times on workload controlled job shops

    Thurer, M., Silva, C., Stevenson, M. & Land, M., 2012, In: International Journal of Production Research. 50, 22, p. 6419-6430 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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

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