Production & Inventory Management Journal articles

Recent articles from Production & Inventory Management Journal

Use of Bayesian probabilities to identify and improve distribution center error rates.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2002... The performance level of each link in the supply chain is a critical operational factor in logistics system management. The interconnected steps from raw material supplier through production to product delivery must operate efficiently for the supply chain to achieve its primary objective:...

Average cost lot-sizing heuristics: revised stopping conditions with increased intuition.
December 22, 2002... As other authors have noted, there is no lack of research aimed at improving solutions to the single-level unconstrained resource lot-sizing problem [1]. Today's computers use existing algorithms to quickly solve these simple problems. Although this article does not show how to solve the...

Simple way to find order quantities subject to an aggregate constraint.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2002... This article considers the context of a population of items for which the assumptions underlying the economic order quantity derivation hold reasonably well. However, as is frequently the case in practice, there is an aggregate constraint that applies to the population as a whole. Two common...

How Tompkins Rubber Company used analytic hierarchy process to enhance ISO 9000-related decision making.
December 22, 2002... ISO 9000, a set of generic quality management standards, was designed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to promote process consistency within an organization. Implementing ISO 9000 requires that a company establish, document, and maintain a system to regulate and...

Adapting production processes to respond to evolutionary changes in market conditions: a case study.
December 22, 2002... Manufacturing firms are facing increased competition and rapidly changing market conditions in today's global marketplace. Companies must provide products that satisfy changing consumer preferences while maintaining stringent cost and quality standards. It is important for manufacturing...