30 research outputs found

    Protective stocks and bottlenecks in production systems

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    In this paper we study the allocation of safety stocks and safety times in multi-echelon production systems. We concentrate on the impact of demand uncertainty on the amount of safety stocks in the presence of capacity constraints. We describe how this problem can be viewed as a Markovian Decision Process. The form of the optimal policies is discussed and illustrated with examples. © 1985.nrpages: 20status: publishe

    On the joint replenishment problem under deterministic time varying demand patterns

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    nrpages: 21status: publishe

    A comparison of manufacturing control systems : MRP, KANBAN and OPT

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    The production switching heuristic in retrospect

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    nrpages: 18status: publishe

    A comparative study of lot sizing procedures for multi-stage assembly systems

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    This paper focuses on heuristic procedures for multi-stage assembly systems. Level-by-Level and Period-by-Period approaches are compared based on a large set of simulation experiments. The Period-by-Period approach we propose is of practical importance because the method considers the cost structure and the product structure of the system simultaneously. © 1983 Springer-Verlag.nrpages: 29status: publishe

    A heuristic method for the facilities in series dynamic lot size problem

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    nrpages: 24status: publishe

    Production lot sizing and the power of 2

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    nrpages: 25status: publishe
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