... with uncertainty. Most of these approaches or contingency plans can be categorised as either buffering or dampening. Uncertainty management Contingency planning Inventory control Manufacturing resource planning United Kingdom China A great deal of effort has been expended in developing...

... with the demand of slow moving items such as spare parts. Based on data from a Fortune 500 company, presents the development and evaluation of a spare parts inventory control model. Compares the proposed model with the results achieved using the forecasting and inventory management modules of a popular ERP system...

... functions for fuzzy concepts using the falling shadow technique. Evidence is processed in the form of fuzzy concepts, then is rewritten back to basic probability assignments using the principle of least ignorance on randomness. The PGSS allows the user (inventory control) to examine a trade‐off between...

... by computer than by humans. Customer service Forecasting Inventory control The last decade has seen a dramatic transformation in the ability of industrial nations to produce sufficient for their populations’ requirements. In the 1960s and 1970s the call was always for improving productivity...

... of demand‐driven stockholding points and rapid transport links could meet the service criteria. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Cost reduction Inventory control Logistics Management Service Spare parts At the time that this study was undertaken, the information management company Unisys...

..., and distinguishing them from background “noise”. The third requirement is to be able to measure the accuracy with which the forecast predicts the actual demand, so that corrections may be made where necessary. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Forecasting Information Inventory control Logistics Monitoring...

... the process involved. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Inventory control Kanban Logistics Manufacturing industry Manufacturing systems New technology Order processing Production control Modern manufacturing systems which properly utilize the tools now available to system developers enable...

...Pei‐Jung Hsieh; Brian H. Kleiner Describes the main characteristics of materials requirement planning and just‐in‐time inventory and outlines how it is possible to achieve zero inventory by a careful linking of the two systems. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Inventory control Materials...

... of the distribution centre,and the system approach used. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Distribution Inventory control Materials handling Paper industry Warehousing 36 LOGISTICS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 4,4 T he problems of recording stock whereabouts in the Australian paper industry are explored...