The logic of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) which is implemented in most modern production planning and control systems does not provide any satisfying solutions for multi-level lot sizing, especially not, when capacity is scare. Moreover, lot size and sequence decisions are usually...

The logic of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) is usually implemented in production planning and control systems and therefore has a major impact on the performance of many real production systems. Much of what practitioners complain about, i.e. long lead times, high work-in-process, and...

Mathematical Programming and Financial Objectives for Scheduling Projects focuses on decision problems where the performance is measured in terms of money. As the title suggests, special attention is paid to financial objectives and the relationship of financial objectives to project schedules...