Found 97029 papers in total
Economics and success factors of flexible manufacturing systems: The conventional explanation revisited
1990,
This article analyzes costs and relative benefits of several hundred flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs)...
A heuristic method to determine the number of pallets in a flexible manufacturing system with several pallet types
1990,
This article presents a new heuristic method, called PANORAMA, that enables the determination of an...
Models of production lines with flexible workstations
1990,
This article presents models of production line systems with two flexible workstations. Flexible stations...
Flexible manufacturing systems evaluation: An alternative approach
1990,
The purpose of this article is to integrate the von Neumann-Morgenstern theory of utility functions and...
Coping with temporary bottlenecks in a several-stage process with multiple products
1990,
This article discusses the scheduling of a bottleneck in a several-stage process. It is applicable to a...
Drum-buffer-rope shop floor control
1990,
While drum-buffer-rope (DBR) was originally developed as part of the optimized production technology...
Production rate planning for two products sharing a single process facility: A real-world case study
1990,
Management of the large firm which used the model described here was aware of cycle times that were too...
The best of both worlds: A mainframe-and microcomputer-based MRP-II system
1990,
During the last decade, many manufacturers of mass-produced, low-cost items have found themselves unable...
JIT and the marketing interface
1990,
Implementation of JIT requires the integration of various functional area activities. In this regard, the...
Process sequence coding for shop-floor tracking
1990,
A simplified technique for coding for manufacturing operation sequences for shop floor tracking is...
Manufacturing planning and control: How well are we doing?
1990,
Competitive pressures have heightened the need for effective manufacturing planning and control, resulting...
JIT implementation practices
1990,
JIT implmentation practices were studied at 14 plants in the electronics industry. Considerable pressure...
Schedule stability and the implementation of just-in-time
1990,
This is a strategy for stabilizing the final assembly schedule in a manufacturing firm which is involved...
Analysis of a JIT implementation at Dover Corporation
1990,
This prize-winning article in the undergraduate division of the 1989 International Students Awards Program...
A knowledge-based system for the strategic control level of robots in flexible manufacturing cells
1990,
The strategic control level synthesis for robots is related to a hierarchical robot control problem. The...
Flexibility in manufacturing: A survey
1990,
This article is an attempt to survey the vast literature on flexibility in manufacturing that has...
Development of a production planning system: A case history
1990,
A division of a large manufacturing company produces a homogeneous product in several different variants...
Kitting in just-in-time production
1990,
Kitting in just-in-time production requires careful considerations, but can be very beneficial if it is...
From job shops to manufacturing cells
1990,
This article attempts to bring an understanding of what cellular manufacturing (CM) is and is not, its...
Current manufacturing approaches opinion and practice
1990,
This article reports on the results of a survey of approximately 140 high-level production managers...
Implementing and evaluating advanced technologies: A case study
1990,
Successful implementation of advanced technologies poses a challenge to manufacturers. This case study...
Setup-time reduction and capacity management: A marginal-cost approach
1990,
This article examines the problem of satisfying production requirements with a capacity-constrained...
Product design to facilitate JIT production
1990,
Product designers must recognize customers’ needs and design a range of products to match them...
Variance effects in cyclic production systems
1991,
Utilizing a cyclic queue system, this paper investigates the effect of variance on a multi-item production...
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