International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 10 Issue 7

Equipment Investment Decision Analysis in Cellular Manufacturing

Biman K. Ghosh

Cellular manufacturing is the organisation of manufacturingequipment based on the requirements of the product or component.Transition to cellular manufacturing generally requires…

The Moving Median for Some Short‐period, Fat‐tailed, or Contaminated Time Series

Luh‐Yu Ren

The moving median method is suggested as an alternative forshort‐term forecasting under some of the standard normal; Student t with degrees of freedom 1, 2 and 3; Cauchy;…

The Development of a Kanban System: A Case Study

N. Singh, Kwok Hung Shek, Dave Meloche

The application of the Kanban system in a practical environment isreported. The objective was to determine the optimal number of Kanbansfor each component part. The effect of the…

On Using Buffer Stock to Combat Schedule Instability

V Sridharan, R. Lawrence LaForge

Schedule instability is a major problem in companies using materialrequirements planning (MRP) systems. The effectivenesss of using bufferstock to combat nervousness in the master…

Decomposition of Demand and Optimisation for a Perpetual Inventory System

Purnendu Mandal, Biswajit Mahanty

The design of an effective inventory control system is difficult,particularly if the demand fluctuates widely and in a seasonal manner.Most traditional analytical models seem to…

Requirements for Smaller Companies in Integrated Manufacturing

L. Brennan, F. Finnan, M.E.J. O'Kelly

The requirements for two smaller companies in integratedmanufacturing are addressed, in particular, the area of manufacturingcontrol. The functional areas pertaining to…

Effect of Dynamic Process Quality Control on the Economics of Production

S.K. Goyal, A. Gunasekaran

A study of the effect of the dynamic process quality control on theeconomics of production and the Total System Cost (TSC) is dealt with. Amathematical model is presented for…