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Group Technology as a CAD/CAM Integrator in Batch Manufacturing
Peter W. ChevalierThe batch process is dominant in manufacturing activity. It is, therefore, to be expected that much effort is being put into improving its efficiency. At least as important as the…
Analysing Multi‐Dimensional Attributes for the Single Plant Location Problem via an Adaptation of the Analytical Hierarchy Process
Jack Andin Wu, Nesa L'abbe WuThe Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), as applied to the plant location problem, involves the structuring of this decision‐making process into different levels. Each level has…
Alternative Heuristics for Large Scale Capacitated Requirements Planning Systems
Johannes E. HarlPerformance improvement for requirements planning systems is an issue which receives wide interest. Many programming approaches have been proposed to improve material requirements…
A Socio‐Technical Accounting Approach to the Evaluation of Job Performance
Shlomo Globerson, Gavriel SalvendySome of the limitations of the methodologies of productivity measures, human resource accounting and socio‐technical aspects of job design are reviewed. In order to overcome some…
The Importance of Factors Other Than Cost Considerations in Make or Buy Decisions
B.G. Dale, M.T. CunninghamThe majority of make or buy decisions are invoked in the name of “cost”, but the two case studies outlined in this paper demonstrate that cost is only one of a multitude of…
Technical Paper An Improved Fixed Order‐Interval Model
Robert M. Brown, David C. MurphyOptimal decision rules are presented for determining both the best stock‐up level and the best time to receive an order in a fixed order‐interval inventory system under certainty…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen