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Global Manufacturing Strategies and Practices: A Study of Two Industries
Scott T. Young, K. Kern Kwong, Cheng Li, Wing FokDescribes the manufacturing strategy implications of a two‐industrystudy of manufacturing practices. A research team administeredquestionnaires to managers in the machine tools…
Planning Capacity Utilization in an Assemble‐to‐Order Environment
Ann Marucheck, Marilyn McClellandOne strategic design parameter in capacity management is thesetting of a planned level of capacity utilization at which themanufacturing operation will operate long term. Seeks to…
A Knowledge‐based System for Selection of a Transport Path in Real‐time Control of FMS
Rambabu KodaliDecision making in Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) isdifficult because of their high complexity level. The operational levelof FMS is concerned with the detailed decision…
Measuring Productivity in Real Terms: A Suggested Unified Accounting System‐based Model for Egyptian Industry
M. Tawfik MadyEach manufacturing public enterprise (MPE) in Egypt is required toprovide a limited set of labour productivity indicators as a part of itsannual financial and performance reports…
A Production Decision Model for Time‐dependent Elastic Demand
Kamaleddin AbdolrahimiThe success of a manufacturing corporation mostly depends on itsproduction decisions. The selection of production levels is a primaryresponsibility of management who should select…
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0144-3577e-ISSN:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen