production system that is subject to stochastic breakdown and random defective rate. However, in most real-life manufacturing …

point). The system manager must determine the production level and selling price at each decision point. We first show that … the optimal production and pricing policy is a threshold control, which is characterized by three threshold parameters … relationships among the three threshold parameters that production is off when inventory is above the threshold, and that the …

industry and motor vehicle industry; studies manufacturing value added, growth rates, production composition, income …

The article studies the cross-industry relation between production, investment and productivity in American … manufacturing industry, disaggregated to 4-digit, in the period 1960-94. From the empirical analysis it turns out that no strong …, negatively, with that of investments. The growth of production and that of new industries are placed in the Smithian perspective …

describes the relationships between these factors and supplier performance and between supplier performance and manufacturing … supplier-selection criteria, supplier involvement, supplier performance, and manufacturing performance. The results indicate … supplier performance and that supplier performance has a direct and significant impact on manufacturing performance. …