... programming Production management Optimization Processes Many manufacturing and service enterprises or facilities fall into the general serial model depicted in Figure 1 . Namely, the overall process may be considered as a sequence of processes and buffers in which the outputs of one process...

....   Xavier Gurrola‐Gal , Enrique   Lopez‐Tello . Proven Alternative to MRPII for Optimizing Supply Chain Performance . London : CRC Press   1999 . Price £33.95 hain Optimization MRP The authors of this book all work for Lucent Technologies in Spain and the USA, where...

...Madjid Tavana; Jack Rappaport Presents a model that minimizes an aggregate measure of waiting times and queue lengths for a collection of workstations. Shows that the naïve allocation of arrivals among workstations in proportion to their processing times does not result in an optimized system. Uses...

... traditional functional layout is being replaced by a cellular approach. Aims to provide an insight into the performance of contrasting approaches to plant layout by developing generic mathematical models, based on queuing theory, to examine the limitations and ability of each layout. Subsequently optimizes...

.... Solves the two versions of the p‐median problems utilizing the heuristic proposed by Teitz and Bart using three different data sets. Also provides optimal solutions to these problems using the Lagrangian relaxation and subgradient methods in the branch‐and‐bound procedure. Shows...

... and discussed within the context of a numerical example. The developed SSS permits the decision maker to simulate and analyse the impact of parameter changes on the inventory system using a familiar PC spreadsheet package. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Inventory control Optimization Personal computers...

... a freight‐cost structure, sensitive to the size of the order and upon the possibility of selling unwanted inventory at a lower price. A numerical example is used to illustrate the resulting inventory policies. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Inventory control Markets Optimization Inventory Policies...

... not be confused. Solutions also require implementations, which may be impractical or difficult. The full utilisation of facilities is recommended in an attempt to reduce unit costs and increase output. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Health care Hospitals Resource management Optimization IJOPM 10,3 28...