... in the following ways: Production planning Make‐to‐order manufacturing Job shop Customer driven manufacturing, in which production activities are driven by customer orders, is the key concept for the factory of the future (Wortmann et al., 1997). This concept results from the trends...

...Larry W. Jacobs; Joachim Lauer Presents a microcomputer‐based interactive decision support system (DSS)to assist managers to improve decision making for machine scheduling in a job shop environment. The system downloads data from a factory information system, and schedules work into the appropriate...