Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 6 Issue 1
Table of contents
Making manufacturing flexibility operational – part 1: a framework
Carl‐Henric Nilsson, Håkan NordahlDevelops a framework for manufacturing flexibility whichillustrates how to obtain consistency from manufacturing strategy to theresource characteristics in the production system…
A computer‐aided inventory management system – part 1: forecasting
C.Y.D. Liu, Keith RidgwayArgues that the mathematical techniques embodied in existingcomputer‐based inventory management systems software have not kept pacewith developments. Describes the development of…
MRPII and stand‐alone finite schedulers: the relationships
David Little, Keith Porter, Peter C. Jarvis, John G. KenworthyDiscusses the relationships between finite schedulers which operateon output from a higher level in a conventional MRPII system, andso‐called stand‐alone schedulers which…
Application of standards in the design of computer‐integrated manufacturing systems
Nourredine Boubekri, Mehmet Dedeoglu, Hesham EldeebNew standards for communications, data exchange, and computerintegrated manufacturing systems are being implemented. These newstandards and methods of production are not always…
Accounting information system issues of FMS
Ram S. SriramExamines how FMS affects the accounting information system oforganizations switching to FMS and the traditional accounting practicesthat change after organizations adopt FMS…