... business landscape. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of these technologies on managing next generation manufacturing, (NGM), and the benefits that can be reaped by effectively utilising these technologies. We present a model on how NGM companies develop, implement and manage...

...A. De Toni; S. Tonchia © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2001 Performance measurement Models Performance indicators Design Empirical study Operations management The subject of performance measurement is encountering increasing interest in both the academic and managerial...

...Amelia S. Carr; G. Keong Leong; Chwen Sheu This empirical research seeks to evaluate purchasing practices in Taiwan based on survey data collected from companies located in that country. A research model is presented and tested using structural equation modeling. The model includes three factors...

.... Second, a contingency approach for managing quality is proposed to guide implementation, and to help reduce the deviations between the desired and the actual outcomes of quality programs. The contingency model developed provides a basis for advancing both theory and practice. There are many success...

...Emilio Bartezzaghi The evolution of production models raises a number of questions on the changes which are taking place, on the continuity of or break with consolidated models, and on whether new production paradigms are emerging. Traces back this broad and multi‐faceted debate to five theses...

... Computer technology Models Project management Hess and Oesterle (1996) provide a detailed comparison of 12 approaches to business process reengineering (BPR). Common themes to each method are the gathering of information, some characterization of the business process that is being reengineered...

... production lines, multiple products, capacity constraints, minimum inventory requirements. A mixed integer goal programming model formulated for the MPS problem is used to analyze the impact of forecast window interval length on replanning frequencies and MPS performance in a rolling horizon setting. Given...

...Alexander Howard; Ashok Kochhar; John Dilworth Outlines an objective model based approach for the functional specification of manufacturing planning and control (MPC) systems. It is based on the premise that there is factual information (company characteristics and management concerns) which can...

...Mingyuan Chen; Weimin Wang Develops a linear programming model for integrated production planning based on the practice of a major Canadian steel making company. Considers the entire planning activity in the company as an integrated process involving a number of closely related sub‐functions...

...Clive Goulden; Louise Rawlins Discusses the second implementation phase of a quality costing system in a large engineering company providing capital plant for the nuclear and defence industries. Explains that the system is based on an adapted version of the process model outlined in BS 6143: Part 1...

..., organizational model and information flows. Describes the modifications necessary to the system in order to achieve the re‐engineering objectives required by the business. Indicates how strategic decisions relating to organizational design may be implemented via systems re‐engineering. In addition, several...

...Joel D. Wisner Presents the findings of a comprehensive survey conducted among a wide variety of US machine shops. The objectives of the study were to develop the literature‐based just‐in‐time (JIT) machine shop model and to study empirically the changes taking place in the operation of machine...

... characteristic of action research is the intervention by the researcher in the situation under study. The nature of the intervention, and of action research outputs, differs however from consulting or from the applications reported by APICS. Explains these differences and offers a simple model of action research...

... with a comparable but more simple model based on a continuous formulation. Mehra and Amini′s model is more complex,requires more work, and performs less well than the alternative. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Economic order quantities Inflation Models Policy In a recent article in this journal Mehra...

...John F. Repede; Carol J. Jeffries; Edward Hubbard Like many operations research models, ambulance location models suffer from lack of practical implementation by those who could benefit from them. A major obstacle to adoption of such models is the emphasis their developers place on abstract...

...S.K. Goyal; A. Gunasekaran; T. Martikainen; P. Yli‐Olli Presents a mathematical model for determining Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) in a multistage flow‐shop production system for the case where the demand for items per unit time is deterministic and the planning horizon is finite. Solves...

...James M. Wilson The standard economic order quantity model assumes that stocks are paid for when delivered. Supplier credit is widely available and can have considerable impact on holding costs and on the optimal order quantities. A simple extension to the standard economic order quantity model...

...Angel Martínez Sánchez An integrating model which, based on a review of the most recent theoretical and empirical studies, offers an overall view of the factors affecting the adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) is presented. The model is intended to be a base for the managers...

...Ching‐Jong Liao; Chih‐Hsiung Shyu Almost all inventory models assume that lead time is prescribed and thus is not subject to control. In many practical situations, however,lead time is controllable; that is, lead time can be shortened, at the expense of extra costs, so as to improve customer...

...Prem Vrat; Pisal Yenradee A comparative evaluation of push, pull and a combination of push‐pull production strategies for a multi‐product two‐stage production system is presented. A mathematical model is developed to determine EBQ and optimal batch splitting and is applied to a case...