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The just‐in‐time (JIT) production system represents a new technology that has been widely promoted by the Singapore government and which has been adopted by several organizations operating in this newly industrialized economy (NIE). Presents the first comprehensive study of JIT practices in...
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the manufacturing shopfloor. Covers articles specifically addressing the order release problem; the information should …
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′s performance. The implication is that the degree of production process focus must be recognized as part of a manufacturing strategy …
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Modern manufacturing facilities include conventional work centres as well as flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs … of an evaluation of an actual manufacturing facility.  …
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Analyses the problems of production scheduling in the dairy product industry where variety and sell‐by date constraints have to be taken into account. Using the formalization of priorities as a basis, attempts to demonstrate that a thorough understanding of the relation between a formal...
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Evolving production technologies are altering the cost structures on which many supporting inventory ordering systems are based; for example, fixed costs compared with variable costs are increasing significantly. Unfortunately, many inventory ordering formulations consider only the variable...
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Discusses those changes which can be observed at Hungarian manufacturing companies in the transition process from … of a research project on global manufacturing practices. Shows that the adjustment of Hungarian companies is rather fast … processes which go on in the transition economies demonstrate the strength of those general “rules” which guide manufacturing …
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Comparisons of western manufacturing management with Japanese methods have highlighted a number of differences between … them. But a comparison of earlier western ideas about manufacturing shows remarkable similarities between the two. Henry … through the late 1920s, relied on a number of progressive and radical methods in manufacturing management; methods that were …
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called “new wave manufacturing” in order to embrace the entirety of the development of these concepts. Assesses key …
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individual or the group. With the developing of lean production and other forms of work organization under advanced manufacturing …
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