... Publishing Limited 2010 Production planning Continuous production Decision support systems Chemical industries This paper develops energy optimizer (ENEO) – a decision support system (DSS) for an existing European chemical plant with a completely continuous multi‐stage process. The goal...

.... Findings The findings indicate that real‐world production planning problems are ill‐defined, complex and dynamic. A post‐implementation evaluation reveals major pitfalls in the technology‐dominant approach, whose negative ramifications are usually overlooked. Besides, these APS implementation pitfalls...

... Production planning The enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an information system designed to integrate and optimize the business processes of an enterprise (Davenport, 1998). Functions integrated by the ERP system include manufacturing, distribution, personnel, project management, payroll...

...‐item customer orders and multi‐level products. Traditionally, computer‐based production systems use two separate data structures, bill of material (BOM) and routeing, to organise production data required for production planning and control. A BOM is used to specify raw materials and components...

...Joao Lisboa; Mahmoud Yasin This study examines the impact of workforce level restriction on the aggregate production planning problem. Based on the results of this study, it is concluded that the solution to the aggregate production problem appears to be the same regardless of workforce level...

... with examples for a time‐minimising assembly automation are presented. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Automation Databases Manufacturing industry Production engineering Production planning Simulation 6 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 90,4 S hortening the manufacturing cycle of products with many...

... of JIT at Cummins Engine Company. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Just‐in‐time Process design Production management Production planning Research Strategic planning TOTAL JUST-IN-TIME 3 J IT is a philosophy as well as a technique, a process not a production tool. Its successful use depends...

..., performance measurement, making systems work, and continuous improvement. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Organizational performance Management Production planning MAKING IT HAPPEN by Peter Sugden Vice-President of BPICS (British Production and Inventory Control Society), Coventry Today manufacturing...

...Lalith Goonatilake Production planning and control is a complex task in multiple batch production situations. Work orders arrive in a random manner and,considering the diverse product array, work centre capacities loaded and available also change in a random manner. A particular product mix may...