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Throughput accounting and stochastic system behaviour: importance of low throughput products
Hilmola, Olli-Pekka; Lattila, Lauri - In: International Journal of Applied Management Science 1 (2008) 2, pp. 123-142
manufacturing unit. In this research work, we simulate original throughput accounting product mix problem and use stochastic …
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Throughput accounting and stochastic system behaviour: importance of low throughput products
Hilmola, Olli-Pekka; Lattila, Lauri - In: International Journal of Applied Management Science 1 (2008) 2, pp. 123-142
manufacturing unit. In this research work, we simulate original throughput accounting product mix problem and use stochastic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553207
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System archetypes underlying the problematic behaviour of construction activity in Kenya
Mbiti, Titus Kivaa; Blismas, Nick; Wakefield, Ron; … - In: Construction Management and Economics 29 (2011) 1, pp. 3-13
Construction activity in Kenya fluctuates excessively and grows very slowly. This feature causes adverse effects on the construction industry. When a drastic fall in construction activity occurs, the industry loses its production capacity; manpower moves to other industries in the country and...
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Stability analysis of constrained inventory systems with transportation delay
Wang, Xun; Disney, Stephen M.; Wang, Jing - In: European Journal of Operational Research 223 (2012) 1, pp. 86-95
stability boundaries are derived when actual and perceived transportation lead-time is 1 and 2 periods long respectively …. The results suggest that accurate lead-time information is essential to eliminate inventory drift and instability and that … ordering policies have to be designed properly in accordance with the actual lead-time to avoid these fluctuations and …
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A dynamic modeling approach to highway sustainability: Strategies to reduce overall impact
Egilmez, Gokhan; Tatari, Omer - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 46 (2012) 7, pp. 1086-1096
The need for sustainable development is increasing as the industrial and service activities keep putting such a strain on the natural functions of the Earth, thus the ability of the planet’s to sustain future generations. Since most of the industrial and service activities are provided via...
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Priority Shifting and the Dynamics of Managing Eradicable Infectious Diseases
Tebbens, Radboud J. Duintjer; Thompson, Kimberly M. - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 4, pp. 650-663
Public health budget constraints force policy makers to prioritize resources toward those interventions that yield the highest perceived benefits. Intuitively, it appears optimal to focus resources on affordable interventions against prevalent diseases. However, due to the dynamics of infectious...
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Unanticipated Side Effects of Successful Quality Programs: Exploring a Paradox of Organizational Improvement
Sterman, John D.; Repenning, Nelson P.; Kofman, Fred - In: Management Science 43 (1997) 4, pp. 503-521
. Yield doubled, cycle time was cut in half, and product defects fell by a factor of ten. However, financial performance …
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СБАЛАНСИРОВАННОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ КРУПНЫХ ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННЫХ КОМПЛЕКСОВ
МИХАЙЛОВИЧ, ТИХОБАЕВ ВАДИМ; … - In: Известия Тульского … (2014) 3, pp. 290-296
Рассмотрены проблемы внутренней сбалансированности производственной системы. Авторами предлагается модифицированная матричная модель, объединенная с...
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Potential impact of climate change on future water demand in Yulin city, Northwest China
Xiao-jun, Wang; Jian-yun, Zhang; Shamsuddin, Shahid; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20 (2015) 1, pp. 1-19
The objective of the paper is to assess the impacts of climate change, population growth and economic development on water demand of Yulin city located in Shaanxi Province of northwest China by using system dynamics approach. Total water consumption is divided into different sectors following...
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Using System Dynamics Method to Determine the Effect of Water Demand Priorities on Downstream Flow
Ghashghaie, Maryam; Marofi, Safar; Marofi, Hossein - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 14, pp. 5055-5072
<Para ID="Par1">During the past decades, the command and control approaches were used to access a safe water supply policy. However, traditional methods of water management rarely consider complex interactions and outcomes of water allocations which can show their effects in feedback loops. These methods also...</para>
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