International Journal of Operations & Production Management articles from May 1997

International Journal of Operations & Production Management archives from May 1997

Trade-off between maximizing throughput rate and minimizing system time in kanban systems.
May 1, 1997... Introduction Perhaps, one important cost of work-in-process (WIP) is the effect on manufacturing system time. Little's Law (1961) specifies that under steady sate conditions, the average work-in-process equals the product of the average...

A heuristic for sequencing PCBs with due-dates. (Printed Circuit Boards)
May 1, 1997... Introduction The rapid growth of the electronics industry has been reflected in the increasing demand for Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). The exploding variety of electronic products has also effected an increase in the variety of the PCBs...

Developing a framework for the effective planning and implementation of advanced manufacturing technology.
May 1, 1997... Introduction Advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) represents a wide variety of modern computer-based systems devoted to the improvement of manufacturing operations and thereby enhancement of firm competitiveness. AMT, in its varying...

A spine layout design method for semiconductor fabrication facilities containing automated material-handling systems.
May 1, 1997... Introduction A bay configuration arranged along a central spine and served by an automated monorail material-handling system are common designs for the layout and material-handling system in new semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities...

Towards the manufacturing enterprises of the future.
May 1, 1997... Introduction For the last 120 years, the assumptions from Fredrick Taylor's steel works[1] and Adam Smith's pin factory[2] have been dominant when designing work and organizing enterprises. The functionally-based organization and the design...

Integrated performance measurement systems: a development guide.
May 1, 1997... Introduction Business performance improvements arising from increased manufacturing integration continues to be one of the primary competitive issues of the 1990s. Recent research into manufacturing systems integration (Carrie and Macintosh,...

Supplier alliance success and failure: longitudinal dyadic perspective.
May 1, 1997... Introduction Much has been written of late concerning just-in-time (JIT) supply, supplier partnerships, strategic supplier alliances[1-3] and the broader notion of cooperative inter-organizational relationships (IORs)[4-8]. The use of this...

Control: a contested concept in TQM research. (total quality management)
May 1, 1997... Introduction Wilkinson[1] argues that there is a basic ambiguity in total quality management (TQM) in that, while managers seek commitment and co-operation from their employees, increased control over the work process is a cornerstone of...

A linear programming model for integrated steel production and distribution planning.
May 1, 1997... Introduction The ever increasing competitiveness of the world market is forcing a large number of manufacturing companies to optimize their operations to win business. Optimal production planning is one of the most useful tools for achieving...

The limited informativeness of resource discrepancy feedback to designers.
May 1, 1997... Introduction Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the findings of a research project on how well engineering organizations feed back cost outcomes to the engineering designers whose decisions determine such outcomes, and to...