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The Historical Foundations of Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems

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Before probing the history of manufacturing control systems, we have to ask a question. What is a manufacturing planning and control system? In theory, there is a simple answer– it is a system of “things” that work together to control what is done where, by who, using what set of resources (machines, tools, and materials), at what time, and in what quantity.

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  1. Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Kenneth N. McKay

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  1. Decision Technologies, Intel Corporation, W. Chandler Blvd. 5000, Chandler, 85226, Arizona, USA

    Karl G. Kempf

  2. School of Industrial &, Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Ferst Drive NW., 765, Atlanta, 30332-0205, Georgia, USA

    Pınar Keskinocak

  3. , Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial, North Carolina State University, Daniels Hall 300, Raleigh, 27695, North Carolina, USA

    Reha Uzsoy

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McKay, K.N. (2011). The Historical Foundations of Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems. In: Kempf, K., Keskinocak, P., Uzsoy, R. (eds) Planning Production and Inventories in the Extended Enterprise. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 151. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6485-4_2

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