... examples, including some pertaining to lines with three and five stations where both the squared CVs and BCs were imbalanced. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Optimized production scheduling Operations and production management Simulation Unpaced production lines Means imbalance...

... relationships Value chain Operations and production management Business value chains have become vital for any organization facing constant demand changes and globalized markets (Blanchard, 2008 ; Wu, 2009). According to Lynn et al. (1996) and Blanchard (2008) , the importance of business...

... concepts of time and distance are altered by increased worldwide competition and dramatically advancing information technology. Market orientation Operations and production management Just‐in‐time Total quality management A systems perspective is adopted to assess the combined impact...