... industry New Zealand Quantitative techniques This article describes a procedure for modelling the combined costs of production at different sites and of distribution to many locations where there are significant economies of scale in the operations. The problem is modelled as a non‐linear integer...

... Decision‐support systems Logistics Physical distribution management Quantitative techniques Supply‐chain management In current distribution networks the flow of goods between a supplier and a customer often passes through several stages or echelons. In such a supply chain each stage may...

... the expected benefits of some mitigating actions such as pooled deliveries and consolidation. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Inventory control Quantitative techniques Road transport Traffic Just‐in‐time Logistics Operations planning MODELLING THE EFFECTS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON JIT 3 A n analytical...

.... The applications reveals that improved scheduling and a reduction in scheduling time and effort can be achieved by using the DSS over the manufacturing organisations′ manual systems. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Consultants Operations management Production management Quantitative techniques Manufacturing...