| Article ID: | iaor19912016 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Start Page Number: | 77 |
| End Page Number: | 81 |
| Publication Date: | May 1990 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Ormsby Joseph G., Ruthstrom Carl R., Ormsby Susan Y. |
| Keywords: | production: MRP |
In the midst of slumping corporate performance, Publishers Equipment Corporation, a manufacturer of printing equipment, sought to meet the challenge of two new corporate objectives: improved customer service and company-wide cost reductions. In an effort to simultaneously accomplish these diverse objectives, the company implemented a comprehensive manufacturing management system. This article describes that system and the benefits derived from its implementation.