Identification of production planning and control (PPC) top authors by means of a world survey with PPC researchers

Although the Production Planning and Control (PPC) area is very old and has a large number of research papers written, it has no agreement regarding who are the PPC top authors. The main aim of this paper is to identify the PPC top authors by means of a survey with PPC researchers. Ten PPC top authors were identified, as well as their influence (direct or indirect or about some specific PPC problem) and impact (in industry or in theory and in research or in PPC teaching) in the PPC area. The main contributions of this paper are: i) identify, among a great number of books regarding PPC, which books have more influence on the PPC area; ii) guide the study of the PPC by means of presenting the main books and authors of PPC; iii) value the PPC top authors, serving as a first step in determining the PPC gurus.

Production planning and control; Top authors; Global survey