Journal: Production and Inventory Management Journal

Found 394 papers in total
Shop floor control and priority scheduling
Shop floor control and priority scheduling
1987,
The advent of just-in-time programs makes it necessary to look at the two subjects in...
Single machine sequencing techniques with both tardiness and flow-time criteria
Single machine sequencing techniques with both tardiness and flow-time criteria
1987,
The performances of the best efficient sequence, contingent critical ratio, shortest...
Simulating warehouse costs: A spreadsheet application
Simulating warehouse costs: A spreadsheet application
1987,
It is often difficult to compute total cost of a forward warehouse operation given...
Making group collaboration work
Making group collaboration work
1987,
The success of business endeavour is a function of the degree to which those...
Managing change in manufacturing
Managing change in manufacturing
1987,
The key to success of most manufacturing managers today is their ability to cope with...
Remanufacturing by design, the missing link
Remanufacturing by design, the missing link
1987,
While remanufacturing is not a new concept, and even though there are a number of very...
The potential benefits of just-in-time purchasing for US manufacturing
The potential benefits of just-in-time purchasing for US manufacturing
1987,
This article provides the results of a study done among US firms to explore the...
The politics of change in manufacturing
The politics of change in manufacturing
1987,
Successful managers realize that the introduction of change is a political process,...
The pre-JIT/TQC audit: First step of the journey
The pre-JIT/TQC audit: First step of the journey
1987,
Many manufacturing organizations are struggling with strategic and operational issues...
Productivity gains at Southwest Tube
Productivity gains at Southwest Tube
1987,
Utilizing improved supervision, performance reporting, turnover reduction, and a...
Developing finite schedules for cellular manufacturing
Developing finite schedules for cellular manufacturing
1988,
This article describes a technique being used in a repetitive manufacturing factory to...
A systematic procedure to aid in die setting
A systematic procedure to aid in die setting
1988,
A die setter must set a die, take a sample of output, and then decide whether to set...
The ‘fake pull’ in a kanban environment: Acceptable trade-off or violation of principle?
The ‘fake pull’ in a kanban environment: Acceptable trade-off or violation of principle?
1988,
This article discusses the conditions under which a fake pull may or may not be...
Educational and systems requirements for production control
Educational and systems requirements for production control
1988,
A survey of production control supervisors at 100 major manufacturing firms sought to...
A call for action: Integrating CIM and MRP II
A call for action: Integrating CIM and MRP II
1988,
This article discusses the need for a new generation of MRP II systems which can deal...
Use of a queueing simulator in design of a batch chemical production system
Use of a queueing simulator in design of a batch chemical production system
1988,
A queueing simulator can help identify whether a production has the planned capacity...
MRP and aggregate planning-A problem solution
MRP and aggregate planning-A problem solution
1988,
Disappointed in MRP? Here’s how one company found the solution in aggregate...
A dynamic kanban system case study
A dynamic kanban system case study
1988,
This production control system was designed for a batch flow shop producing a woven...
Design-to-cost approach in selecting production systems
Design-to-cost approach in selecting production systems
1988,
This analysis provides a framework for selection of major production systems or...
MRP 96: Time to rethink manufacturing logistics
MRP 96: Time to rethink manufacturing logistics
1988,
Several intrinsic shortcomings of material requirements planning and its successive...
Information and organizational impacts of implementing a JIT system
Information and organizational impacts of implementing a JIT system
1988,
The fundamental differences between JIT and traditional manufacturing processes are...
Integrating flexible manufacturing systems with traditional manufacturing, planning, and control
Integrating flexible manufacturing systems with traditional manufacturing, planning, and control
1988,
The relationships between an MRP and a shop floor control system and the information...
An optimal solution technique for the operator-machine assignment problem
An optimal solution technique for the operator-machine assignment problem
1988,
This article presents a simple optimal technique for replacing the classical...
Learning: The missing ingredient in production planning spreadsheet models
Learning: The missing ingredient in production planning spreadsheet models
1988,
In production (aggregate) planning, an area well suited for spreadsheet application,...
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