.... Therefore, the paper is important for those which practice industrial management, more specifically on PC and QC functions. Moacir Godinho Filho can be contacted at: moacir@dep.ufscar.br © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Production management Quality control Shopfloor Materials...

... characteristics of a file that affect its design and process are (Nievergelt, 1974), whether: Ali Ardalan can be contacted at: aardalan@odu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Data structures Decision support systems Materials management Production scheduling Supply chain management...

... Materials management MRPII Planning Simulation Supply chain Unix Manufacturing management is a complex task that manufacturing resource planning (MRPII) has long promised to simplify. Its failure on many counts has opened up the market to newer systems that are overcoming MRPII’s shortcomings...

... of achieving that is with a closed‐loop MRP‐II computerised management system. © MCB UP Limited 1987 Inventory Control Materials Management Production Management Just-in-time Manufacturing* by Brian Maskell European Implementation Manager, Xerox Computer Services The world of manufacturing...

... thesis, IMCB, Buckingham, 1985. 2. Siebert/Head Index, "Monthly Review of Packaging Materials Prices", Siebert/Head, London, 1985. 3. Spekman, R.E., "Purchase Audit: A Guide for Management", Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, Spring 1979, pp. 8-12. 4. Dale, B.G. and Powley, R.H., "Measuring...

...T.C.E. Cheng Materials management is an important and specialised function existing in all industries and utilities. Although the store management and purchasing functions have co‐existed for a long time, the need to integrate and streamline these functions, as well as planning them on a scientific...

... it is determined to be measurable, then analysed and comparisons made with established yield standards. The information should be presented to management as “exception reports”, thus emphasising priorities. © MCB UP Limited 1985 Materials Management Output Yield Management by William J. Wood...

..., in smaller business organisations, on‐going practical planning using MRP could very well be accomplished using these techniques. © MCB UP Limited 1984 Materials Management Microcomputers Computers Desktop Material Requirements Planning by Melvin Lehman Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois...