Found 97029 papers in total
Prioritizing development goals in low-income developing countries
1990,
This paper outlines a systematic approach to prioritizing the multiple and often conflicting development...
Adjustment rules based on quality control charts
1990,
When lack of control is detected on a control chart, the usual recommendation is to ‘search for an...
Analyzing and pinpointing areas requiring corrective action
1986,
This article takes a broad analytical approach to principles of production management and the need for...
Spreadsheets and optimization: Complementary tools for decision making
1986,
Microcomputer-based electronic spreadsheets and otpimization models have inherent limitations when used in...
Production and inventory management software packages related to user reactions
1986,
Selection of software packages to manage production and inventory is complicated. This study analyzes the...
Management-What we can learn from the Japanese
1986,
If productivity is to be increased, effective managers must find ways to maximise what their labor force...
Design, bills of materials, and forecasting-The inseparable threesome
1986,
Rapidly accelerating changes in the manufacturing world continue to necessitate increased integration of...
What is this thing called OPT?
1986,
The mystique about OPT tends to obscure its real purpose, which is to model the real world factory and...
OPT-Fantasy or breakthrough?
1986,
Optimized production technology (OPT) is touted as the new breakthrough in automated production...
MRP, JIT and OPT: What’s ‘best’?
1986,
This article discusses the growth of these three different factory management techniques and explains some...
Using MRP for optimized schedules (emulating OPT)
1986,
OPT came into the production and inventory management world with some fairly aggressive claims. Now that...
OPT as an enhancement of MRP II
1986,
In this article OPT is reviewed in terms of how it relates to MRP II, a framework which makes it easier to...
A problem-driven approach to expert system development
1989,
Expert system technology can fairly be described as high profile at present. Yet its track record as a...
The incident case study in teaching production control
1986,
This article describes a participative production control game which has been used successfully for...
Production planning of many seasonal products on many lines
1986,
Methods for coping with the seasonality of demand problems in consumer industries are given, and a simple...
Strategic issues in make-to-order manufacturing
1986,
A make-to-order firms’s competitiveness depends on its ability to ship customers orders by the...
Motivation in manufacturing
1986,
Motivation in manufacturing is seen as a key missing element in too many quality/productivity drives. This...
A guide to CAD/CAM: System selection, justification, and implementation
1986,
Many US manufacturers are installing computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing systems. This...
Japanese management techniques in small manufacturing companies: A strategy for implementation
1986,
Just-in-time production techniques have been implemented in many large US companies; however, little...
Flexible manufacturing systems: An overview and bibliography
1986,
The flexible manufacturing system is a critical step toward the realization of the ‘factory of the...
Flexible manufacturing systems: An industry overview
1986,
This Graduate Award winner examines the evolution of FMS and a methodology to select the optimum system. A...
Automation technology: Past, present, and future
1986,
This Undergraduate Award article is an exploration of the product and process technology components of a...
Flexible manufacturing systems: Technology and advantages
1986,
Flexible manufacturing systems greatly increase production efficiency through the application of numeric...
Decision-making in a management assessment centre
1989,
Over the years, various methods and models for the assessment of management potentials have been...
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