The competitive pressures being placed on Western manufacturing organizations require new restructuring models, which take account of value‐adding capability and guide investment. Time‐based manufacturing strategies offer a framework to develop the total input/output chain in isolation of...

Addresses the dynamic, continual‐improvement nature of the JIT implementation process. Learning curves are incorporated to analyse the impact of continual reduction of processing time variation over time. The results provide valuable information on the relationship between the level of...

Describes an expert system which goes some way towards providing detailed advice for implementing Just‐in‐Time (JIT) concepts in a manufacturing environment. Advises managers as to which techniques should be realized in order to begin implementation of JIT, or to achieve further improvement...

Although some recent articles have extended the traditional economic order quantity models to JIT purchasing, their value is limited by the simplistic nature of the underlying assumptions. Implementation of JIT procurement is a lengthy and complex process and it is important to recognize the...

Managers often face the problem of making project decisions that involve a large number of interrelated activities – the planning and scheduling of which is project management. These problems often arise in areas such as product development, production planning and control and setting up of...

The profit‐linked total‐factor productivity measurement models, such as the American Productivity Center model, use base‐period data as the standard against which the current‐period performance is measured. Hence, the design and development of accurate and appropriate base‐period data...

When a production system is operating at close to capacity then, after a period of high demand, it may take some time to restore stocks to the level necessary to provide a given level of stockout risk. During this period the risk of a stockout will be higher than intended. Uses simulation to...

Presents an assignment model formulation for the machine cell formation problem in cellular manufacturing based on an appropriate definition of dissimilarlity between any pair of machines for the grouping problem. This dissimilarity measure considers the production volume or demand for the parts...