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Developing creative teams for operational excellence
Rainer Feurer, Kazem Chaharbaghi, John WarginContends that, with the accelerating dynamics of competition and a move of organizations towards more dynamic approaches to strategy formulation and implementation, creativity…
An empirical examination of factors influencing JIT success
Mahmoud M. Yasin, Marwan A. WafaInvestigates empirically the impact of the different facets of manufacturing subsystems on just‐in‐time (JIT) success. Uses a sample of 130 large US manufacturing firms to test…
Production planning and control system developments in Germany
J.K. Porter, P. Jarvis, D. Little, J. Laakmann, C. Hannen, M. SchottenDiscusses briefly the impact of MRP on UK manufacturing industry in the context of the next generation of developments. Draws a contrast with production planning and control…
A note on the structure of the goal‐programming model: assessment and evaluation
Ahmed K. RifaiGoal programming is an extension of linear programming. Suggests that, although linear programming is used widely in decision‐making processes, it has a major limitation which…
The application of queuing theory in the analysis of plant layout
C.E.R. WainwrightIn certain manufacturing categories the type of plant layout to adopt is determined by the type of production process. However, within multi‐product mid‐volume environments the…
Time‐based competition: literature review and implications for modelling
Sin‐Hoon Hum, Hoon‐Hong SimCompetition, technological advancement and the sophistication of consumers’ needs have led to the evolution of competitive paradigms, in which, time‐based competition apparently…
Workload smoothing in a bottleneck job shop
Gary J. Salegna, Paul S. ParkExamines the planning and scheduling systems in an integrative framework for a dual resource constrained (DRC) job shop. Models a bottleneck shop environment which represents a…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen