Journal: International Journal of Operations & Production Management

Found 300 papers in total
A goal-programming model for activity crashing in project networks
1993,
Managers often face the problem of making project decisions that involve a large...
Expert systems and job shop scheduling
1993,
Job shop scheduling has been the focus of much research. Heuristic rules to assist in...
A simulation model for scheduling in the Emergency Room
1993,
A need exists for a readily usable tool for different scheduling strategies in an...
Design considerations of automated guided vehicle systems in a cellular manufacturing environment
1993,
Describes a company-based PhD project into the use of automated guided vehicles in a...
Planning capacity utilization in an assemble-to-order environment
1992,
One strategic design parameter in capacity management is the setting of a planned...
COPP: A Decision Support System for managing customer enquiries
1992,
The management of customer enquiries is a particularly pertinent issue for...
A knowledge based system for selection of a transport path in real-time control of FMS
1992,
Decision making in Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) is difficult because of their...
A knowledge-based simulation system for manufacturing scheduling
1992,
The development of computer technology, artificial intelligence, and simulation...
Product structure analysis for the master scheduling of assemble-to-order products
1992,
Thi paper reports a new method for preparing a product structure analysis to improve...
A production decision model for time-dependent elastic demand
1992,
The success of a manufacturing corporation mostly depends on its production decisions....
Cost accounting and production control in a multiproduct environment-The Unit of Production Effort method
1992,
This paper takes a fresh look at the nature of the problem of allocating costs and...
A modelling study of a taxi service operation
1992,
Optimal crew allocation and scheduling is an important issue in the management of a...
ITEC: An integrated manufacturing instructional exercise
1992,
Describes an integrative microcomputer-based exercise, ITEC, used in teaching...
Modelling the turnover rate of a production system as a performance indicator
1992,
In any organization, the information relevant to the problem area is essential in...
Demand management and production control in process industries
1992,
In a changing and more dynamic market of the 1980s, available mathematical programming...
Investment justification of flexible manufacturing technologies: Inferences from field research
1992,
The literature offers a variety of different views on the investment decision process...
Research framework for investigating the effectiveness of dampening procedures to cope with MRP system nervousness
1992,
There are several alternatives suggested in the literature to deal with material...
A new contingent critical-ratio technique
1992,
Critical-ratio technique is a common approach used to identify the next job to run on...
Productivity as a performance measure
1992,
Both the improvement of productivity and the effectiveness of performance measures...
Computer-based cell formation incorporating process sequences
1992,
Describes a philosophy of cell formation for cellular manufacturing which reasons that...
The impact of the just-in-time approach on production system performance: A survey of Italian industry
1992,
Gives results of a survey on the application of the just-in-time (JIT) approach in...
A critique of the literature on just-in-time manufacturing
1992,
Gives a critical review of the existing literature on just-in-time manufacturing....
A PC-based spreadsheet support system for the newsboy inventory control problem
1991,
In this article, a PC-based spreadsheet support system (SSS) for controlling inventory...
Optimal selling quantity and purchasing price for intermediary firms
1991,
Intermediary firms are economic agents that purchase from mostly small and numerous...
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