International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 15 Issue 10

Strategic concerns and capability impeders

Vic Gilgeous

Evidence points to the need for a coherent, well‐communicatedmanufacturing strategy which establishes the best possible link betweenthe competitive needs of the business and what…

Evolving production technologies: Implications for inventory ordering formulations

Stanley A. Brooking, William A. Hailey, Hugh J. Parker, Charles K. Woodruff

Evolving production technologies are altering the cost structureson which many supporting inventory ordering systems are based; forexample, fixed costs compared with variable…

Selection and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies : classification and literature review of issues

K.V. Sambasivarao, S.G. Deshmukh

The importance of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) has beenincreasing because of their competitive advantages. Adoption of AMTinvolves major investment, and large‐scale…

Microcomputer‐based working set generation methods for personnel scheduling

Stephen E. Bechtold, Michael J. Brusco

Presents a new approach to working set generation for personnelscheduling problems. In full‐time (FT) and mixed‐workforce (MW)experiments, generates the schedules in the working…

Facility location with and without maximum distance constraints through the p‐median problem

Sohail S. Chaudhry, In‐Chan Choi, David K. Smith

The p‐median problem involves the locating of a fixednumber of facilities to serve a set of customers such that the aggregatedistance travelled is minimized. Considers the p…

Spreadsheet simulation to aid capacity management of batch chemical processing using JIT pull control

Jean‐Noel Ezingeard, Peter Race

The application of just‐in‐time manufacturing techniques in batchchemical processing environments, under conditions of variable demand,imposes significant capacity management…

A knowledge‐based simulation model for job shop scheduling

Mohamed H. Abdallah

Constructs a knowledge‐based simulation model for job shopscheduling simulation techniques to build the initial status of theknowledge base. Uses the simulation experiments to…

Developing effective strategies to prioritize set‐up reduction in a multi‐machine production system: A throughput approach

Satya S. Chakravorty, Joseph L. Sessum

Procedures to reduce set‐up times at individual machines have beenwell documented; however, very little research has been conducted ondeveloping an effective strategy to…