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Trade-off between inventory and repair capacity in spare part networks
Trade-off between inventory and repair capacity in spare part networks
2003,
The availability of repairable technical systems depends on the availability of...
Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches
Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches
2003,
This paper reports on a study of modelling condition monitoring intervals. The model...
Analysing maintenance data to gain insight into systems performance
Analysing maintenance data to gain insight into systems performance
2003,
The high cost of maintenance in the processing industry implies the need for optimal...
Power and competition in the UK retail grocery market
Power and competition in the UK retail grocery market
2003,
The UK retail grocery market is widely recognized as being oligopolistic. This has...
The critical aspects of emerging virtual factory profile in Japan: IT innovation in a project management context
The critical aspects of emerging virtual factory profile in Japan: IT innovation in a project management context
2002,
A new type of ‘high performing companies’ has emerged in Japan producing a...
Team-based reconstruction for expanding organisational ability
Team-based reconstruction for expanding organisational ability
2003,
Organisations can be interpreted as a collection of actors who produce value for...
Challenging the paradigm of the process enterprise: A case-study analysis of Business Process Re-Engineering implementation
Challenging the paradigm of the process enterprise: A case-study analysis of Business Process Re-Engineering implementation
2002,
The dangers of functional organisation structures are well documented and have led to...
On proposing Statecharts to specify performance models
On proposing Statecharts to specify performance models
2002,
This paper shows that Statecharts, a high-level specification technique, can be used...
Preference-neutral attribute weights in the journal-ranking problem
Preference-neutral attribute weights in the journal-ranking problem
2003,
A linear programming model is proposed for assigning linear attribute weights in the...
General flowshop models: Job dependent capacities, job overlapping and deterioration
General flowshop models: Job dependent capacities, job overlapping and deterioration
2002,
Several extensions of the two-machine flowshop model that arise in industrial...
An effective heuristic for the Capacitated Lot-sizing Problem with set-up times
An effective heuristic for the Capacitated Lot-sizing Problem with set-up times
2003,
The problem of multi-item, single level, capacitated, dynamic lot-sizing with set-up...
The impact of the product mix on the value of flexibility
The impact of the product mix on the value of flexibility
2002,
Product-mix flexibility is one of the major types of manufacturing flexibility,...
Multiple objective optimization problems in statistics
Multiple objective optimization problems in statistics
2002,
Many statistical problems can be viewed as optimization problems. A careful and...
Economic analysis of a high-volume flexible manufacturing system by high-speed processing
Economic analysis of a high-volume flexible manufacturing system by high-speed processing
2002,
Agility in manufacturing requires a quick response to the changes in quantity of...
Materials Requirement Programming in a job shop environment using a resource constrained project scheduling model
Materials Requirement Programming in a job shop environment using a resource constrained project scheduling model
2002,
One of the most difficult tasks in a job shop manufacturing environment is to balance...
Learning from projects
Learning from projects
2003,
The ‘learning organisation’ is frequently emphasised in the literature and...
Reliability measure based on average loss of capacity
Reliability measure based on average loss of capacity
2002,
We present an effective measure of system reliability based on average loss of call...
Implementing evaluation of the measurement process in an automotive manufacturer: A case study
Implementing evaluation of the measurement process in an automotive manufacturer: A case study
2003,
Reducing process variability is presently an area of much interest in manufacturing...
Impact of computerization on firm performance: A case of Shanghai manufacturing enterprises
Impact of computerization on firm performance: A case of Shanghai manufacturing enterprises
2003,
The impact of computer-related input on firm productivity is not well understood in...
Branch history register cache
Branch history register cache
2002,
Modern superscalar processors highly depend on efficient branch prediction to exploit...
Control policies of an M/G/1 queueing system with a removable and non-reliable server
Control policies of an M/G/1 queueing system with a removable and non-reliable server
2002,
This paper considers a single non-reliable server in the ordinary M/G/1 queueing...
The geometry of M/D/1 queues and large deviation
The geometry of M/D/1 queues and large deviation
2002,
Since an M/D/1 queue is represented by a Markov chain we can consider the set of all...
Evaluating electronic workshops through analysing the ‘brainstormed’ ideas
Evaluating electronic workshops through analysing the ‘brainstormed’ ideas
2003,
This paper explores how participants work in a new format of brainstorm, called an...
Generalised ‘join the shortest queue’ policies for the dynamic routing of jobs to multi-class queues
Generalised ‘join the shortest queue’ policies for the dynamic routing of jobs to multi-class queues
2003,
Jobs or customers arrive and require service that may be provided at one of several...
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