Country: United States

Found 17049 papers in total
Analyzing and pinpointing areas requiring corrective action
Analyzing and pinpointing areas requiring corrective action
1986,
This article takes a broad analytical approach to principles of production management...
Spreadsheets and optimization: Complementary tools for decision making
Spreadsheets and optimization: Complementary tools for decision making
1986,
Microcomputer-based electronic spreadsheets and otpimization models have inherent...
Production and inventory management software packages related to user reactions
Production and inventory management software packages related to user reactions
1986,
Selection of software packages to manage production and inventory is complicated. This...
Management-What we can learn from the Japanese
Management-What we can learn from the Japanese
1986,
If productivity is to be increased, effective managers must find ways to maximise what...
Design, bills of materials, and forecasting-The inseparable threesome
Design, bills of materials, and forecasting-The inseparable threesome
1986,
Rapidly accelerating changes in the manufacturing world continue to necessitate...
What is this thing called OPT?
What is this thing called OPT?
1986,
The mystique about OPT tends to obscure its real purpose, which is to model the real...
OPT-Fantasy or breakthrough?
OPT-Fantasy or breakthrough?
1986,
Optimized production technology (OPT) is touted as the new breakthrough in automated...
MRP, JIT and OPT: What’s ‘best’?
MRP, JIT and OPT: What’s ‘best’?
1986,
This article discusses the growth of these three different factory management...
Using MRP for optimized schedules (emulating OPT)
Using MRP for optimized schedules (emulating OPT)
1986,
OPT came into the production and inventory management world with some fairly...
OPT as an enhancement of MRP II
OPT as an enhancement of MRP II
1986,
In this article OPT is reviewed in terms of how it relates to MRP II, a framework...
The incident case study in teaching production control
The incident case study in teaching production control
1986,
This article describes a participative production control game which has been used...
Production planning of many seasonal products on many lines
Production planning of many seasonal products on many lines
1986,
Methods for coping with the seasonality of demand problems in consumer industries are...
Strategic issues in make-to-order manufacturing
Strategic issues in make-to-order manufacturing
1986,
A make-to-order firms’s competitiveness depends on its ability to ship customers...
Motivation in manufacturing
Motivation in manufacturing
1986,
Motivation in manufacturing is seen as a key missing element in too many...
A guide to CAD/CAM: System selection, justification, and implementation
A guide to CAD/CAM: System selection, justification, and implementation
1986,
Many US manufacturers are installing computer-aided design/computer-aided...
Japanese management techniques in small manufacturing companies: A strategy for implementation
Japanese management techniques in small manufacturing companies: A strategy for implementation
1986,
Just-in-time production techniques have been implemented in many large US companies;...
Flexible manufacturing systems: An overview and bibliography
Flexible manufacturing systems: An overview and bibliography
1986,
The flexible manufacturing system is a critical step toward the realization of the...
Flexible manufacturing systems: An industry overview
Flexible manufacturing systems: An industry overview
1986,
This Graduate Award winner examines the evolution of FMS and a methodology to select...
Automation technology: Past, present, and future
Automation technology: Past, present, and future
1986,
This Undergraduate Award article is an exploration of the product and process...
Flexible manufacturing systems: Technology and advantages
Flexible manufacturing systems: Technology and advantages
1986,
Flexible manufacturing systems greatly increase production efficiency through the...
Scheduling and resource allocation in a food service system
Scheduling and resource allocation in a food service system
1984,
A branch and bound algorithm is presented as a solution procedure for the foodservices...
A resource allocation problem with the aid of an inter zero-one programming model in the plastics industry
A resource allocation problem with the aid of an inter zero-one programming model in the plastics industry
1985,
This article represents an integer zero-one linear programming model which gives an...
Industry investment in basic research assuming interdependence of benefits from appropriable and inappropriable activities
Industry investment in basic research assuming interdependence of benefits from appropriable and inappropriable activities
1990,
Using a model of the resource allocation behavior of a group of firms, Joglekar and...
Remarks on the analytic hierarchy process
Remarks on the analytic hierarchy process
1990,
The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is flawed as a procedure for ranking alternatives...
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