Keyword: production

Found 1978 papers in total
Maintenance integration in manufacturing systems: From the modeling tool to evaluation
2001,
In manufacturing systems, wear-out and eventual failure are unavoidable. However, to...
Dynamic quality control in assembly systems
2000,
We study an assembly system, in which each end product consists of two different...
Performance measures of a make-to-order inventory–production system
2000,
This paper develops two algorithms for computing the average total cost per product...
Direct and indirect effects of product mix characteristics on capacity management decisions and operating performance
2001,
Studies of the performance effects of product mix complexity typically treat plant...
Strongly asymptotically optimal design and control of production and service systems
2000,
In this paper we consider production and service systems that can be modeled as single...
Expected move request waiting times in single-device, polling-based material handling systems
2001,
We present an analytical approach to approximate the expected waiting times of move...
The economic lot and delivery scheduling problem: Common cycle, rework, and variable production rate
2000,
The economic lot and delivery scheduling problem is to simultaneously determine the...
A look-ahead routing procedure for machine selection in a highly informative manufacturing system
2001,
Many dispatching rules have been developed for the on-line control of product flow in...
A startup procedure for process industries using a multiple objective non-linear program
1998,
We develop a multiple objective nonlinear program to determine optimal set points for...
Design and operation of manufacturing systems: The control-point policy
2000,
This paper synthesizes recent work by the author and his colleagues on the performance...
Pull-type manufacturing systems with multiple product types
2000,
A multi-product facility consisting of a manufacturing process and a finished product...
Production economics and process quality: A Taguchi perspective
2001,
Although several studies have analyzed the interaction between the economics of...
Modified heuristic algorithms for scheduling multiple batch processors with incompatible job families
2001,
This paper considers the problem of scheduling Parallel Non-Identical Batch Processors...
On-line scheduling in assembly processes
2001,
The assembly system under consideration is composed with several machines, and some of...
A new parallel breadth first tabu seach technique for solving production planning problems
2000,
This paper presents a new parallel breadth first oriented tabu search extension, which...
Heuristics for selecting machines and determining buffer capacities in assembly systems
2000,
This paper considers a design problem of assembly systems consisting of stations and...
A decision support system for automotive product planning and competitive market analysis
2000,
A decision support system (DSS) for automotive product marketing, design and...
Heuristic approach for assigning workers to tasks based on individual learning rates
2001,
A heuristic worker–task assignment based on individual worker learning rates is...
Workload control of human resources to improve production management
2001,
The paper looks at the rapid variation of production workload, the increase of labour...
An efficient algorithm to allocate shelf space
2001,
Shelf space is one of the most important resources of a retail firm. This paper...
Group replacement policies for parallel systems whose components have phase distributed failure times
1999,
Consider a system of components operating in parallel. Downtime costs are incurred...
Optimal capacity and operation of deteriorating chemical production service facilities
1999,
In this paper, we propose a model for the allocation of identical service facilities...
Some maintenance models and availability with imperfect maintenance in production systems
1999,
Minimal repair and perfect repair, discussed extensively in the reliability and...
Evaluating focused factory benefits with queuing theory
2001,
In this paper, we study the benefits of a focused factory using lead-time as a...
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