The evolution of standardisation -- The history of production systems in the automotive industry -- The case of the Mercedes Benz Production System -- The results of implementing the Mercedes-Benz Production System -- Conclusion.The introduction of the Mercedes-Benz Production System (MPS) is exemplary of a trend within the automotive industry: the creation and introduction of company-specific …
Production and Inventory Systems -- Average Cost Optimality in Inventory Models with Markovian Demands and Lost Sales -- Inventory Control of Switched Production Systems: LMI Approach -- A Two-Time-Scale Approach for Production Planning in Discrete Time -- Evaluation of Throughput in Serial Production Lines with Non-Exponential Machines -- Supply Chain Production Planning Modeling Facility Lead…
Review of Production Economics -- Productivity and Efficiency Measurement Concepts -- Index Numbers and Productivity Measurement -- Data and Measurement Issues -- Data Envelopment Analysis -- Additional Topics on Data Envelopment Analysis -- Econometric Estimation of Production Technologies -- Stochastic Frontier Analysis -- Additional Topics on Stochastic Frontier Analysis -- The Calculation a…
Advanced Planning and Scheduling Systems -- Fresh Food Industries -- The Fresh Food Industry’s Profile Regarding APS Systems -- Shelf Life in Fresh Food Industries -- Shelf Life Integration in APS-Systems -- Shelf Life Integration in Yogurt Production -- Shelf Life Integration in Sausage Production -- Shelf Life Integration in Poultry Processing -- Conclusions and Recommendations.Production p…
to Parts Management -- Inventory Miscount and Lead Time Variability — Effects and Control Mechanisms -- Optimal Division of Items within a Two-Level Distribution System -- Optimal Ordering Procedures for a Multi-Item Common Supplier System -- Parts Proliferation and Control -- Economic Viability of Component Management For a New Product Design -- Manufacturing Operations Effectiveness Through…
Data Envelopment Analysis -- Measuring Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols -- Prioritizing Highway Accident Sites -- Benchmarking Models -- Factor Selection Issues in Bank Branch Performance -- Multicomponent Efficiency Measurement in Banking -- DEA and Multicriteria Decision Modeling -- Modeling Rank Order Data -- Resource Allocation in an R&D Department -- Resource Constrained DEA -- Mu…
Fundamentals of Scheduling -- Is Scheduling a Solved Problem? -- Formulations, Relaxations, Approximations, and Gaps in the World of Scheduling -- Order Scheduling Models: An Overview -- Multi-criteria Scheduling -- Scheduling in Software Development Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms -- Scheduling Unit Execution Time Tasks on Two Parallel Machines with the Criteria of Makespan and To…
Is There a Right Research Design for Your Supply Chain Study? -- Substantive Justification for Theory Building -- A Balanced Approach to Research in Supply Chain Management -- A Critical Discussion on the Theoretical and Methodological Advancements in Supply Chain Integration Research -- Measuring Supply Chain Integration — Using the Q-Sort Technique -- Supply Chain Management and the Challen…
Fundamentals -- Product lifecycle management systems -- Product structures -- Integration of the PLM system with other applications -- Deployment of the PLM system -- Business benefits of a PLM system -- Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry -- The role of product information management in collaborative business development -- Understanding the product lifecycle -- Product …
Invited Papers -- Experience with Holonic and Agent-Based Control Systems and Their Adoption by Industry -- Fundamental Insights into Holonic Systems Design -- A 3D Visualization and Simulation Framework for Intelligent Physical Agents -- Theoretical and Methodological Issues -- MAS Methodology for HMS -- Probabilistic Holons for Efficient Agent-Based Data Mining and Simulation -- An Informatio…