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A study on manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) practices in Singapore
A study on manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) practices in Singapore
1993,
In response to the increasing regional and international competition, many...
Impact of lot-sizing on the financial performance of dispatching techniques in an MRP-planned fabrication and assembly environment
Impact of lot-sizing on the financial performance of dispatching techniques in an MRP-planned fabrication and assembly environment
1993,
By simulation analysis of a hypothetical MRP-controlled fabrication and assembly shop,...
A structured analysis of material requirements planning systems under combined demand and supply uncertainty
A structured analysis of material requirements planning systems under combined demand and supply uncertainty
1993,
The effects of the presence of both demand and lead time uncertainties on material...
A modification of the Silver-Meal heuristic to handle MRP purchase discount situations
A modification of the Silver-Meal heuristic to handle MRP purchase discount situations
1993,
The paper introduces an alternative approach for determining lot sizes for purchased...
Optimal positioning of safety stocks in MRP
Optimal positioning of safety stocks in MRP
1993,
The positioning of safety stock in multi-echelon production networks operating in an...
Setting planned leadtimes in capacity requirements planning
Setting planned leadtimes in capacity requirements planning
1993,
This paper deals with the problem of determining planned leadtimes in a periodic...
An examination of resourcing policies for the multi-resource problem
An examination of resourcing policies for the multi-resource problem
1993,
Effective management of resources in a dynamic, multiproject environment requires...
Project planning and control: An enhanced PERT network
Project planning and control: An enhanced PERT network
1993,
In PERT, activities are not assigned a priority ranking. The criticality of an...
Systems thinking and project management-Time to reunite
Systems thinking and project management-Time to reunite
1993,
The practice of project management has its origin in systems analysis and systems...
A goal-programming model for activity crashing in project networks
A goal-programming model for activity crashing in project networks
1993,
Managers often face the problem of making project decisions that involve a large...
Scheduling of projects under the condition of inflation
Scheduling of projects under the condition of inflation
1993,
This paper develops a linear programming (LP) model for efficient scheduling and...
Time-uncertainty analysis in project networks with a new merge-event time-estimation technique
Time-uncertainty analysis in project networks with a new merge-event time-estimation technique
1993,
A new analytical merge-event time-estimation technique, called the back-forward...
Process capability analysis-A robustness study
Process capability analysis-A robustness study
1993,
The robustness of two popular process capability ratios, C p and C pk , when the...
Forecasting the capabilities of the Korean civil aircraft industry
Forecasting the capabilities of the Korean civil aircraft industry
1993,
When developed countries introduce a new technology or product, technological...
An enhanced exchange heuristic for resource constrained scheduling
An enhanced exchange heuristic for resource constrained scheduling
1993,
In a paper published in 1987, an exchange heuristic for developing efficient makespans...
Expert systems and job shop scheduling
Expert systems and job shop scheduling
1993,
Job shop scheduling has been the focus of much research. Heuristic rules to assist in...
Practising freedom: Designing, debating and disemprisoning
Practising freedom: Designing, debating and disemprisoning
1993,
Many practically minded researchers wo have developed systems approaches to...
The science of muddling through?
The science of muddling through?
1993,
The role of the operational researcher is to solve problems as requested by...
Integrating communications theory, cognitive style and computer simulation as an aid to research on implementation of operations research
Integrating communications theory, cognitive style and computer simulation as an aid to research on implementation of operations research
1993,
A continuing problem in implementing Operational Research OR is a lack of...
Scheduling heuristic for the n-job m-machine flow shop
Scheduling heuristic for the n-job m-machine flow shop
1993,
This paper addresses the problem of scheduling jobs in a flow shop manufacturing...
Delivery time quotation and order processing with forbidden early shipments
Delivery time quotation and order processing with forbidden early shipments
1993,
The authors examine the problem of quoting a delivery time to a customer and...
A new branch and bound algorithm for minimizing mean tardiness in two-machine flowshops
A new branch and bound algorithm for minimizing mean tardiness in two-machine flowshops
1993,
The paper considers the two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with the objective of...
Social theory and operational research practice
Social theory and operational research practice
1993,
The emphasis in the social sciences has been on developing theory. The emphasis in...
Finding the optimum sequence of distillation columns using the A* search procedure
Finding the optimum sequence of distillation columns using the A* search procedure
1993,
The synthesis of separation sequences is a well known problem in the process synthesis...
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