This paper is concernced with hierarchical decisions regarding production and investment in capacity in manufacturing systems with production subject to breakdown and repair. The production capacity can be increased by investing continuously in new capacity which is available upon completion....

We present an approach of hierarchical decision making in production planning and capacity expansion problems under uncertainty. We show that under reasonable assumptions, the strategic level management can base the capacity decision on aggregated information from the shopfloor, and the...

We present a new paradigm of hierarchical decision making in production planning and capacity expansion problems under uncertainty. We show that under reasonable assumptions, the strategic level management can base the capacity decision on aggregated information from the shop floor, and the...