Found 97029 papers in total
Restrictive aggregation of items in multi-stage production systems
1991,
The paper considers the aggregation of groups of similar items for a general multi-stage lot-size...
Finding optimal line balances with OptPack
1991,
This paper describes OptPack, a new algorithm for finding optimal solutions to assembly line balancing...
Tighter bound for MULTIFIT scheduling on uniform processors
1991,
The paper examines one of the basic, well studied problems of scheduling theory, that of nonpreemptive...
Optimal buffer allocation in a multicell system
1989,
Motivated by a layout design problem in the electronics industry, the authors study in this article the...
Quality certification of suppliers by JIT manufacturing firms
1990,
This article examines the implications of quality certification of suppliers and its use by JIT...
Closing the gap between buyer and vendor
1990,
In response to competitive pressure and supply uncertainties, firms are attempting to develop closer...
A dynamic view of vendor relations under JIT
1990,
The implementation of vendor certification programs can expose lack of agreement within firms on quality...
Multiple sourcing: The determination of lead times
1991,
In a multiple-sourcing environment, the order quantity may be split concurrently among vendors. This paper...
Responsive delivery!
1991,
The Unipart Group of Companies (UGC) was formed in early 1987 following a management buy-out from BL. UGC...
System development methodology and project success: An assessment of situational approaches
1990,
Many situational approaches, often called as contingency models, have been developed to assist in the...
Splicing semigroups of dominoes and DNA
1991,
The authors introduce semigroups of dominoes as a tool for working with sets of linked strings. In...
No accounting for shoppers?
1991,
During the design and management of a covered shopping centre, reliable information on actual or potential...
Staffing the front office
1991,
‘Putting the customer first’ and ‘the customer is king’ are becoming common...
Stochastic modelling and optimization for environmental management
1991,
In modelling and managing complex environmental systems, inherent uncertainties of all relevant natural...
Pricing and diffusion of primary and contingent products
1991,
Companies in certain industries produce products, called contingent products, that must be used with...
A balance model for evaluating firms for acquisition
1991,
In recent years, the U.S. corporate world has been dominated by a spectacular spate of mergers and...
Improving the operation of an outpatient department
1991,
In this paper a method is developed for smoothing the day to day variation, the number of patients...
Storing crossmatched blood: A perishable inventory model with prior allocation
1991,
The process of testing a sample of a patient’s blood against units of blood from inventory to ensure...
Optimal schedule for cancer chemotherapy
1991,
In this paper the authors consider the problems of modeling the tumor growth and optimize the chemotherapy...
A policy model of human immunodeficiency virus screening and intervention
1991,
The epidemics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and its causative agent, the human...
A model of transmission through needle sharing
1991,
Intravenous drug users (IVDUs) are a high-risk group for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection...
AIDS impact on the number of intravenous drug users
1991,
For more than a decade the size of the intravenous (IV) drug-using population was relatively stable, but...
Long term projection of the AIDS epidemic
1991,
A mathematical model for predicting the future course of the AIDS epidemic permits the evaluation of a...
AIDS: Predicting the next map
1991,
In modeling the AIDS epidemic, the geographic dimensions have been totally ignored, partly as a result of...
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