Steuerung von Werkstattfertigungssystemen -- Modelle und Lösungsansätze zur Steuerung -- Neues Modell zur adaptiven Steuerung -- Konzept zur Steuerung -- Sequentielle und parallele Algorithmen für das neue Modell -- Analyse und exemplarische Validierung der neuen Algorithmen --...

Part 1. Modelling -- 1.Reference Models -- Chapter 2.Mathematical Models -- Chapter 3.Production Bottlenecks Models -- 4. Multi-Criteria Models and Decision Making -- 5.Planning Inputs -- 6.Demand Forecasting -- 7.Examples of Advanced Planning Models -- Part II. Planning Processes --...

Introduction -- Assembly Systems -- Some Fundamentals -- Preliminary Planning -- Inventory Replenishments -- Single Model Assembly -- Mixed Model Make-to-Stock Assembly -- Mixed Model Make-to-Order Assembly -- Postponement Assembly -- One Station Assembly -- Similarity Index -- Learning Curves.

This book provides a conceptual ‘Flexibility in Resource Management’ framework supported by research/case applications in various related areas. It links and integrates the flexibility aspect with resource management to offer a fresh perspective, since flexibility in different levels of...

This book provides a conceptual framework for systemic flexibility and business agility, drawing on a basis of research/case applications in various types of flexibility and agility in business. The selected papers address a variety of issues concerning the theme of systemic flexibility and...

Bei der Einführung von Ganzheitlichen Produktionssystemen (GPS) steht bislang die Standardisierung und Vereinheitlichung von Arbeitsmethoden und Arbeitsabläufen im Vordergrund. Dies zeigt sich sowohl in der betrieblichen Praxis als auch in der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion rund um GPS. Die...

For the majority of industrial companies, customizing products and services is among the most critical means to deliver true customer value and achieve superior competitive advantage. This book presents an operational procedure for the design of product configuration systems in industrial...

This book examines the Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem (CLSP) in process industries. In almost all process industries, there are situations where products have short/long setup times, and the setup of the product and its subsequent production are carried over, across consecutive periods. The...

This book describes a variety of quantitative methods that are vital to planning and control in the operations of the industrial world, from suppliers to manufacturing plants to distribution centers and to the dealers and stores. The topics include: forecasting, measuring forecast error,...

This book offers models and frameworks to analyze your service delivery systems as a whole. It presents the framework to solve customer problems by delivering the right knowledge at the right time to the right place and take advantage of the efficiency that technology and algorithms offer. Why...