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Belastungsorientierte Just-in-Time Variantenfließfertigung
Drexl, Andreas; Kimms, Alf - 1999
Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit sind zwei praktisch und theoretisch bedeutsame Probleme, die bei just-in-time orientierter Variantenfließfertigung auftreten. Ein Problem besteht darin, den Teilebedarf in der Endmontage so konstant wie möglich zu halten ("Level Scheduling Problem"). Das...
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Constraint propagation algorithms for the car sequencing problem
Matthießen, Lars; Drexl, Andreas; Kimms, Alf - 2000
The car sequencing problem is to find feasible sequences of product variants requiring specific options while taking care of sequencing constraints. First, a branching scheme and constraint propagation algorithms for the computation of feasible sequences are provided. Second, an algorithm is...
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Business factors related to manufacturing firms' performance
Vranakis, Stergios; Chatzoglou, Prodromos - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 7 (2014) 1, pp. 336-359
Purpose: The main goal is to understand the way many factors affect the investment decision making process and business performance.Design/methodology/approach: This study proposes a new conceptual framework for examining the reasons that manufacturing firms decide to invest on the acquisition...
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Just in time vessel arrival system for dry bulk carriers
Senss, Alexander; Canbulat, Onder; Uzun, Dogancan; … - In: Journal of Shipping and Trade (JST) 8 (2023) 1, pp. 1-37
Cargo conveyance onboard dry bulk carriers is contemporarily often affiliated to preoperational waiting times, which may affect the income situation of stakeholders and the sustainability of the sector. Therefore, repetitively occurring waiting problems, potentially paired with port congestion...
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Thailand's 2011 flooding: Its impact on direct exports and global supply chains
Chongvilaivan, Aekapol - 2012
While developing Asia has used fragmentation and industrial agglomeration as leverage to create impetus for sustaining its competitiveness, the downside risks of just-in-time procurement and production have not been sufficiently emphasized. Based on the experience of Thailand's flooding in 2011,...
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De autonijverheid in België
Coppens, François; Van Gastel, George - 2003
This paper provides an extensive overview of the economic importance and evolution of the car manufacturing industry. In addition, it provides evidence that the car industry is still playing a vital role in process innovation. The currently widespread lean production method, under which...
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Metaheuristics for the Order Batching Problem in Manual Order Picking Systems
Henn, Sebastian; Koch, Sören; Doerner, Karl F.; … - In: BuR - Business Research 3 (2010) 1, pp. 82-105
In manual order picking systems, order pickers walk or drive through a distribution warehouse in order to collect items which are requested by (internal or external) customers. In order to perform these operations efficiently, it is usually required that customer orders are combined into (more...
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Managers and Students Playing Cournot: Experimental Evidence from Malaysia
Waichman, Israel; Requate, Till; Siang, Ch'ng Kean - 2008
, and Malaysian managers. While German students play Nash, we reject the hypothesis that both Malaysian students and … managers select the Nash quantity. Moreover, Malaysian managers perform significantly less competitively than Malaysian …
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Pre-play communication in Cournot competition: An experiment with students and managers
Waichman, Israel; Requate, Till; Siang, Ch'ng Kean - 2010
experiments, using both students and managers as subjects. Communication is implemented by two different devices, a 'standardized … triopoly. Moreover, managers behave in a similar way under the two communication devices, while students are more influenced by … the free-communication than by the standardized-communication device. In addition, managers select lower aggregate …
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Race, Performance, Pay and Retention among National Basketball Association Head Coaches
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2004
This paper estimates racial differences in the retention probability, pay and performance of NBA coaches over the 1996-2003 period. Using a hazard function approach, I find small and statistically insignificant racial differences in the exit hazard, conditional on team performance, team payroll,...
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