Purpose: The research studies the production system having multiple items being processed on the same production line. The objectives are to (1) investigate the influence of production sequence on the optimal value of production run size, (2) explore the effect of production sequence on the...

We study a pure assemble-to-order system subject to multiple demand classes where customer orders arrive according to a compound Poisson process. The finished product is assembled from m different components that are produced on m distinct production facilities in a make-to-stock fashion. We...

In recent economic and business environment, firms, especially startups, are interested in financial opportunities, such as capital raising and acquisition. Typically, potential investors will be attracted by firms that exhibit nice trends of profit growth, and therefore firms need to manage...