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Found 17295 papers in total
Binary trading relations and the limits of electronic data interchange standards: The Procrustean bed of standards
2000,
This paper provides a critical examination of electronic data interchange (EDI)...
Decision support system for planning telecommunication networks: A case study applied to the Andalusian region
2001,
Network planning is essential to design real broadband integrated services digital...
Assignment of add–drop multiplexer rings and digital cross-connect system mesh in telecommunication networks
2001,
This paper discusses a design of a hybrid ring–mesh network in a survivable...
Open source movements as a model for organising
2000,
Open source software such as the operating system Linux has in a few years created...
Identifying and classifying processes (traditional and soft factors) that support commercial off-the-shelf component selection: A case study
2000,
Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-Based Systems (CBS) development focuses on building...
A theory of industry-level activity for understanding the adoption of interorganizational systems
2000,
Increasingly we wish to ask and research questions about the adoption of...
Optimal pricing strategies for Internet-based software dissemination
2001,
In the recent past, there have been several initiatives by major software companies,...
A characterisation of logistics networks for product recovery
2000,
Recovery of used products is receiving much attention recently due to growing...
Toward re-engineering models and algorithms of facility layout
2000,
Models and algorithms are continuously being developed for the facility layout problem...
Building scenarios for the university
2000,
Scenario building is a tool for anticipating discontinuous change. Management staff at...
Relationships between inventory, sales and service in a retail chain store operation
2001,
Effective inventory management is critical to retailing success. Surprisingly, there...
An alternative analysis of inventory costs of JIT and EOQ purchasing
2001,
Recent models comparing inventory costs under just-in-time (JIT) purchasing plans and...
Optimal control of a one product recovery system with backlogging
2000,
In this paper a product recovery system for one product is investigated. The system...
A new method for joint replenishment problems
2001,
This paper considers joint replenishment problems (JRP) of n items under deterministic...
Another heuristic for minimizing total average cycle stock subject to practical constraints
2001,
This paper considers the setting of reorder intervals of a population of items for...
Order release mechanisms in supply chain management: A simulation approach
2001,
A simulation approach to measuring supply chain performance is evaluated which...
Modelling project investment decisions under uncertainty using possibility theory
2001,
With the increasing popularity of privately financed and operated construction...
The learning curve: A new perspective
2000,
Despite the popularity of the ‘learning’ curve, it should be called the...
Optimality analysis of facility location problems using response surface methodology
2001,
Response surface methodology is used for optimality analysis of the cost coefficients...
Plant location and procurement planning in knockdown production systems
2001,
We consider an integrated problem of plant location and capacity planning for...
Optimal location of public health centres which provide free and paid services
2001,
A model and a heuristic are presented for finding the most effective location of...
Multi-parameter maintenance optimisation via the marginal cost approach
2001,
In this paper we show how the marginal-cost approach can be used to optimise...
Setting expediting repair policy in a multi-echelon repairable-item inventory system with limited repair capacity
2001,
Inventory systems with limited repair capacity are affected by congestion...
Modelling in the absence of data: A case study of fleet maintenance in a developing country
2001,
Adequate and relevant objective data for modelling maintenance decision problems are...
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