... programming Quantitative techniques Strategic planning The growing complexity of today’s business competition has awakened US firms to the fact that consumers have become quality and cost oriented. This, in turn, means that the survival of any US firm in the national and international markets depends...

... by zero inventory philosophy. This article seeks to establish cost bounds on inventory held under close to JIT conditions for the single item inventory. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Just‐in‐time Inventory control Quantitative techniques Cost Bounds for Inventory Systems Approaching JIT Cost...

... sizes. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Manufacturing Quantitative techniques Research Algorithms Lot size IJOPM 11,7 A Comparative Study of Three Lot-sizing Methods for the Case of Fuzzy Demand 72 Received July 1990 Revised January 1991 Y.Y. Lee, B.A. Kramer and C.L. Hwang Kansas State...

...Nada R. Sanders; Larry P. Ritzman The conditions under which forecasts from expert judgement outperform traditional quantitative methods are investigated. It is shown that judgement is better than quantitative techniques at estimating the magnitude, onset, and duration of temporary change...

... that when the order cycles are set in a geometric progression then they are indeed optimum. © MCB UP Limited 1991 MRP Materials management Quantitative techniques Optimum Order Cycles in MRP Form a Geometric Progression Optimum Order Cycles in MRP Sandeep Shah Aston Business School, UK 83...

... procedures are used – factor analysis and multiple discriminant analysis. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Manufacturing Production Computer downtime Quantitative techniques USA IJOPM 11,5 22 Received May 1990 Revised October 1990 An Examination of an Engine Manufacturing Plant's Downtime...

... management Quantitative techniques UK 8 Production Management Techniques in UK Manufacturing Industry: Usage and Barriers to Acceptance John S. Oakland and Amrik Sohal University of Bradford Management Centre, UK Received April 1986 Revised July 1986 Introduction In any developed nation which relies...