Keyword: production

Found 1978 papers in total
Opportunities for operations research in the new manufacturing
1991,
Manufacturing has always been a fertile source of research problems for the present...
Multidimensional optimal bin packing with items of random size
1991,
Consider a probability measure μ on [0,1] d , and independent random variables...
Optimal control of a production process subject to random deterioration
1990,
A production process exhibits a decreasing pattern in the process mean in the course...
Using simulation in capacity planning
1991,
This paper describes a case study concerning the application of simulation to...
The application of cognitive simulation techniques to work measurement and methods analysis of production control tasks
1991,
The implementation of flexible control in production and manufacturing operations has...
Location and sequencing of imperfect inspection operations in serial multi-stage production systems
1991,
An integrated approach to the problem of allocation of inspection effort in...
Ford Whitman Harris and the economic order quantity model
1990,
Ford Whitman Harris first presented the familiar economic order quantity (EOQ) model...
Scheduling interviews for a job fair
1990,
The authors describe the design and use of a program to schedule interviews for law...
Investment justification in flexible manufacturing systems
1991,
When a company installs flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), the results can be truly...
Operational economies of a process positioning determinant
1991,
The authors develop and analyze a model of commercial relationship. The commercial...
Optimal inspection policy in sequential screening
1991,
Under sequential screening, a production lot is inspected item-by-item; the decision...
A planning horizon algorithm for deterministic inventory management with piecewise linear concave costs
1991,
The authors consider a single-product, discrete-time production/inventory-control...
A comparative study of three lot-sizing methods for the case of fuzzy demand
1991,
Most of the literature published regarding the performance of lot-sizing algorithms...
Communication: The key to JIT success
1990,
The behavioral needs in the JIT process are identified, and the dominant roles of...
A modeling tool for analysing the information requirements of computer integrated manufacturing systems
1991,
Information technology can provide an effective foundation for creating competitive...
The component chart: A new tool for inventory, purchasing, and production decisions
1990,
The component chart is an informative pictorial representation of the components, or...
On-line print warehousing for MRP-II systems: Leave reports on your computer, not your desk
1990,
This article offers a method for managing the volumes of paper generated by an MRP-II...
Sole versus dual sourcing in stochastic lead-time (s,Q) inventory models
1991,
When supply lead times are uncertain, the simultaneous procurement from two sources...
Behind the learning curve: A sketch of the learning process
1991,
This exploratory paper sketches some of the behavioral processes that give rise to the...
The case for an MRP system manager
1990,
MRP II (manufacturing resource planning) is a business management resource which, as...
Production scheduling quick and dirty methods for parallel machines
1990,
The splendidly simple and useful methods for parallel scheduling developed by Bedworth...
Cyclical schedules for capacitated lot sizing with dynamic demands
1991,
Cyclical scheduling, where the time between production periods for each item is...
Linear programming with stochastic processes as parameters as applied to production planning
1991,
In formulating stochastic programming with recourse models, the parameters of the...
On the utilization analysis of two-stage transfer line production system subject to inter-stage inspection and rework
1990,
The purpose of this paper is to carry out the transient busy period analysis of a...
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