... by 30 D. Fallon and J. Browne University College, Galway, Ireland Received August 1987 Revised December 1987 This article briefly outlines the Just-in-Time (JIT) approach to manufacturing, distinguishing clearly between JIT and Kanban. We offer a brief statement of the objectives of our simulation model...

... desired production period. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Manufacturing Production Control Production Planning Simulation Models IJOPM 8,2 14 Received June 1987 Revised August 1987 An Expert System Aproach to Discrete-Change Simulation* by K. Chaharbaghi and B.L. Davies Imperial College of Science...

... the techniques of CAPM by means of manual simulation. Students then operate and adjust a simple computer simulation model and compare it with the manual exercise. Both versions are described and compared. The CAPM system is presently installed on the ACT Sirius and the IBM personal microcomputers. It consists...

...R.P. Mohanty; A.M. Marathe A simulation model conceived from the causal and interactive behaviour of various inter‐related activities is described, its aim being to aid study of the problems of the procurement‐production‐distribution system of a manufacturing company engaged in the multi‐stage...

... policy would reduce total WIP inventory without affecting production/sales at all was tested under two environmental conditions, cyclical demand and constant growth demand, by means of a simulated model, and also showed that under cyclical demand, frequent starts and stops in the line due to use of all...