Application of the algorithm DBR Theory of Constraints to production planning

This article presents production planning in conditions of limited productive resources. We used the Theory of Constraints for production planning which allows to detect constrains and provides the methods focused on the limitations and effectively managing the constrains to increase the efficiency of such production system. Restrictions (bottlenecks) may apply to the availability or throughput of the resource or group of stocks that can be assigned to a specific operation. These limitations must be taken into consideration when creating the production schedule. Theory of Constraints is the foundation of the Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) algorithm and its implementation is described in this paper.