... Healthcare operations Decision-support tool Inventory control RFID technology Nomenclature i different products line R review period (year) L lead time (year) S_i order-up to level for item i (units...

... are introduced to solve the optimization problem. Detailed roadmaps of how to implement proposed approaches have been illustrated by different case scenarios. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Controllable lead time Inventory control Simulated Annealing Stochastic demand In multi...

... Counterfeiting Inventory control Tracking Radio frequencies Codes Manufacturing enterprises face tough competition in an increasingly globalized market, with increased regulatory scrutiny and requirements. To provide responsive and lean supply chain planning in meeting the conflicting demands...

...Marek Pawlak; Elżbieta Małyszek Purpose The paper's purpose is to provide a method of reducing inventory costs in multi‐product and multi‐nodes supply chains (SC). Design/methodology/approach The proposed approach is based on applying the classical inventory control models and simulation...

... to the entire facility and for all planning horizons from days to years. Forecasting is an operations manager's first line of defense in inventory control. The addition of a preprocessing step makes the application of traditional forecasting methods yield significantly better results. Originality/value...

....) and decision variables (e.g. binary variables to indicate the selection/rejection of a distributor or a transportation channel, etc.). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Distribution management Organizational structures Inventory control Supply chain management In this paper...

... to society. The article recommends that legislation is needed to tip the balance enough to provide adequate privacy protection without unduly harming economic efficiency. Radio waves Product identification Surveillance Privacy Inventory control Distribution management The telescreen received...

... characteristics. The following discussion identifies the fixed and experimental factors within each of these groups. Table I gives a summary of these factors and their settings. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Inventory control Simulation Production scheduling End items...

... of Visual IFPS/Plus’s “what‐if” facilities. Inventory control Decision‐support systems Problem solving Monte Carlo simulation The uniform and triangular distributions can be used where there is very little or no data and management is only willing to provide estimates of the minimum...

... Computer management Computer service/systems firms Information systems Inventory control Office automation Spare parts The overall IS (Information System) kernel basically contains the control program and interacts with the database and the user. The control program takes care of the order...

... quality performance of suppliers improved after implementing the new JIT/TQM strategies. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Inventory control Just‐in‐time Purchasing techniques Supplier evaluation TQM Vendor rating Note: This paper was subsequently published in International Journal of Physical...

... that the inventory management function could play in improving profitability and productivity in the industrial public enterprises in the country. Egypt Industrial performance Industry Inventory control Return on investment 22 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 90,3 T his shows the significant role...

... in their operations. These concepts are reviewed and their applicability in a small business setting explored. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Inventory Control Planning Scheduling Small Business LINKING SMALL BUSINESS AND MODERN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES by Yash P. Gupta Faculty of Management, University...

... the production process with a view to set-up times. A survey carried out by the American Production and Inventory Control Society[2] showed that a 30 to 50 per cent reduction in set-up times can be achieved by just doing everything possible for the next set-up while the machine is running and by standardising...