Found 97029 papers in total
Managing material handling resources: A case study at Leviton
1989,
Material-handling equipment is an expensive resource. In this case study, effective management of this...
Controlling material movement with an automated pick-list subsystem
1989,
Controlling the flow of material through the factory is a necessary prerequisite for a JIT operating...
Using microcomputer-based MRP software to teach materials management
1989,
One of the greatest benefits of using MRP software to teach operations and materials management courses is...
Effect of information systems on the achievement of organizational goals: A modern control theory approach
1990,
The study develops an analytic method of analysis to explicitly determine the effect of alternative...
What makes Sammy run?
1990,
This editorial article examines the place of incentive schemes within commercial organisations. The writer...
Human resource management-microcomputer packages
1990,
Recently, several college textbook publishers have offered Personnel/Human Resource Management (P/HRM)...
A multiple objective approach to workforce redeployment planning
1990,
In recent years, increasing worldwide competition has often resulted in a spate of plant closures and...
Analysis of propagation of stochastic errors through an MRP system, and an industrial case study
1989,
This work arose out of a case study in production planning in a switchgear factory. The aspect considered...
A diagnostic study concerning large fluctuations in load plans and stocks at sales-production interface in a large switchgear company
1989,
The subject of the study underling this paper is master production scheduling for standard products in a...
Design of production control systems: Choice of system structure and systems implementation sequence
1989,
Control theory methods, used so successfully in the design of mechanical and electrical systems, are...
Production planning and inventory management in a telecommunication industry
1989,
This paper reports on a number of methodological issues in an experimental study carried out for the...
A search model of optimal pricing and production
1989,
This paper aims to capture the idea that the firm learns about its demand curve through its pricing,...
Managing vendor performance
1989,
Measuring price, delivery, and quality doesn’t cause good performance. In fact, with some MRP II...
Software supporting introductory courses in production/operations management
1989,
Fourteen software packages are reviewed as stand-alone aids for a first business course in...
Horizontal or vertical?
1989,
The paper describes the current tendency toward implementing ‘slabs’ of software one topic at...
Modern factories and outdated cost systems do not mix
1989,
Historical cost accounting (inventory costing) systems fail to support modern views of factory management....
Teaching integrated production and information control system principles using a spreadsheet simulator
1989,
The spreadsheet simulator illustrated in this article was developed to provide an effective pedagogical...
How can you tell if a manufacturing software package is right for your company?
1989,
This article provides graphic techniques for analyzing the structure of a plant to help determine whether...
Production and distribution planning in a process firm
1989,
Narrowing the gap between model development and implementation is a key issue faced by production...
The five m’s of manufacturing: A JIT conversion life cycle
1989,
This article presents a systematic procedure for the difficult task of converting to a JIT operation by...
Increasing production efficiency through restricted sourcing and sequence-dependent setup costs
1989,
Implementation of the method described increased production efficiency by 14% and reduced total...
Toward the measurement of manufacturing flexibility
1989,
Through a critical area for improving competitiveness, manufacturing flexibility is rarely measured...
On the art/science of expediting
1989,
This article describes expediting as communication-a practical ‘how to’ approach to the...
Managerial accounting and vendor relations for JIT: A case study
1989,
This APICS prize-winning paper by three graduate students describes some distinct new ways to look at...
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