Title: The use of period batch control (PBC) in the implosive industries
Abstract: Abstract Period batch control (PBC) is a just-in-time (JIT) production control system of the flow control, single cycle type. It was developed in the UK before the Second World War, by the late R. J. Gigli, who installed it in 30 different factories and used it to regulate the manufacture of Spitfire fighter aircraft for the Battle of Britain. Implosive industries are those—such as foundries, glass works, spinning mills and potteries, among others—which produce a wide variety of different products from a very small number of material items. The paper shows how PBC is used in implosive industries, and explains why it is normally the best method to adopt in such factories. Keywords: production controlsingle cycleperiod batch controlimplosive industriesjust-in-timesurge effect Additional informationNotes on contributorsJOHN L. BURBIDGE JOHN L. BURBIDGE was born in Toronto, of English parents, in 1915. After Wellington School Somerset and Cambridge University, he served an apprenticeship with the Bristol Aeroplane Co. (Aero Engine Division). He worked for 26 years in the British Engineering Industry, including 5 years in the RAF as an Engineering Officer. He worked for R. A. Lister, Blackstones and David Brown and ended as Managing Director of the Darlington Wire Mills. For 5 years he was an ILO ‘expert’ in Poland, Cyprus and Egypt and he was appointed professor of production management at the ILO Turin International Centre in 1967. He retired from the ILO in 1976 and joined the Cranfield Institute of Technology as a visiting professor. John Burbidge is a specialist in production control and group technology and is the author of 14 books and over 200 papers in this field. He received the OBE for his services to group technology. He is a Doctor of Science of Strathclyde University and has a Doctorate honoris causa from Novi Sad University in Yugoslavia, where he is a visiting professor. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Production Engineers.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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