Journal: International Journal of Operations & Production Management

Found 300 papers in total
Transportation, facility location and inventory issues in distribution network design: An investigation
1998,
Examines the interdependence between facility location, transportation and inventory...
On the usability of quantitative modelling in operations strategy decision making
1997,
Quantitative modelling seems admirably suited to help managers in their strategic...
The overbooking problem in hotels with multiple tour-operators
1997,
Examines the practice of overbooking at hotel and tour operator levels. By accepting...
An internal customer service quality data envelopment analysis model for bank branches
1997,
Over the last few years data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been gaining increasing...
Optimal allocation of arrivals to a collection of parallel workstations
1997,
Presents a model that minimizes an aggregate measure of waiting times and queue...
A linear programming model for integrated steel production and distribution planning
1997,
Develops a linear programming model for integrated production planning based on the...
The effects of purchased parts commonality on manufacturing lead time
1997,
Manufacturing managers as well as researchers suggest that reducing manufacturing lead...
Part family formation for variety reduction in flexible manufacturing systems
1997,
Presents the similarity coefficient method for group technology to alleviate the part...
Concurrent ordering in JIT production systems
1997,
Deals with the kanban system in just-in-time production as a system of production...
Trade-off between maximizing throughput rate and minimizing system time in kanban systems
1997,
Investigates the trade-off between the average throughput rate and the average systems...
New trends in parallel machine scheduling
1997,
Reviews some new trends in parallel machine scheduling (PMS). PMS, as an area of...
A heuristic for sequencing PCBs with due-dates
1997,
Addresses the problem of sequencing a set of PCBs on a single assembling machine....
Simulation analysis of maintenance policies in just-in-time production systems
1997,
Presents a simulation model and the results on the effects of different maintenance...
A prototype expert system for the evaluation and selection of potential suppliers
1996,
This paper suggests that the evaluation and selection of potential suppliers is...
Inventory management of repairable service parts for personal computers: A case study
1996,
This paper notes, in recent years, an increase of interest in the field of service...
Using delay-time analysis to study the maintenance problem of gearboxes
1996,
Uses the technique of delay-time analysis to model preventive maintenance problems of...
A flow-shop manufacturing scheduling system with interactive computer graphics
1996,
The paper describes flow-shop scheduling problems and an interactive graphical...
An analytical hierarchy process framework for comparing the overall performance of manufacturing departments
1996,
Many authors have suggested including non-financial measures, besides traditional cost...
Manufacturing cell formation using spreadsheets
1996,
Many algorithms have been proposed to form manufacturing cells from component...
Optimal joint set-up and calibration policy with unequal revenue from oversized and undersized items
1996,
The algorithm in this paper jointly determines the optimal level to which the mean of...
A practical heuristic for effective buffer management
1996,
Buffers of work throughout a manufacturing facility enhance throughput. They protect a...
Towards consistent performance management systems
1996,
Performance indicators (PIs) and performance measurement are popular topics in...
Multiple-stage production planning research: History and opportunities
1996,
This paper is a survey of the multiple-stage production planning literature. It shows...
A contingency view of time-based competition for manufacturers
1996,
The growing time-based competition (TBC) literature coincides with an increased...
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