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Performance and Evaluation of FMS
Young, A.R.; Murray, J. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 6 (1986) 5, pp. 57-62
of components and machine utilisations, are provided. The results show that simulation has a major role to play in …
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AGV Despatching in a Flexible Manufacturing System
Cheng, T.C.E. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 7 (1987) 1, pp. 62-73
paper presents a simulation study to investigate the effects of different AGV dispatching rules on the performance of an FMS …
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Participative Business Modelling to Support Strategic Decision Making in Operations — A Case Study
Akkermans, Henk - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 13 (1993) 10, pp. 34-48
Describes a case study in which a consultancy method based on participative business modelling was used to support strategic decision making in the field of operations. In this case study the Dutch client company faced serious logical and financial problems after an attempt to attain competitive...
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The Usage of Computer‐Integrated Manufacturing Technology within Manufacturing Organisations in the North East of England
Walker, W.M. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 9 (1989) 7, pp. 45-58
expert system and simulation modelling techniques.  …
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Simulating Availability in a Manufacturing Plant
Mohanty, R.P. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 9 (1989) 7, pp. 59-71
A simulation procedure is presented to estimate the throughput availability of a serially interconnected manufacturing … simulation has been carried out for a wire‐rope manufacturing plant and has been implemented by using a personal computer.  …
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Job‐shop Operations Reform: Strategies for Achieving Queueless Work Flow
Bassett, Glenn - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 11 (1991) 7, pp. 55-71
can substantially enhance customer service and quality. Simulation of work flow and capacity to identify bottlenecks along …
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Towards integrated manufacturing planning with common tool and information sets
Dewhurst, Frank; Barber, Kevin; Rogers, J.J.B. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 21 (2001) 11, pp. 1460-1482
methodology is based on structured systems analysis and simulation of a manufacturing plant. Feasibility of the approach is …
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Measuring lean implementation for maintenance service companies
de Jong, Stephan J.; Beelaerts van Blokland, Wouter W.A. - In: International Journal of Lean Six Sigma 7 (2016) 1, pp. 35-61
explored by value stream discrete event simulation. Design/methodology/approach – From literature, indicators regarding asset … simulation regarding continuous improvement scenarios. Findings – With the new found lean transaction cost efficiency indicators … implementing continuous improvement scenarios are measured with the new indicators by a discrete event simulation. Research …
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Currency risk management: simulating the Canadian dollar
Carrada‐Bravo, Francisco; Hosseini, Hassan K.; … - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 2 (2006) 1, pp. 77-90
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to investigate the return associated with a Canadian dollar (C$) investment in the USA under passive, random walk, value at risk, and Sharpe ratio strategies. Design/methodology/approach – To comply with the purpose, this paper used a GARCH model, and...
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Estimating cross-sectional regressions in event studies with conditional heteroskedasticity and regression designs that have leverage
Karafiath, Imre - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 10 (2014) 4, pp. 418-431
Purpose – In the finance literature, fitting a cross-sectional regression with (estimated) abnormal returns as the dependent variable and firm-specific variables (e.g. financial ratios) as independent variables has become de rigueur for a publishable event study. In the absence of skewness...
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