IIE Transactions articles from August 2005

IIE Transactions archives from August 2005

Scheduling a no-wait flow shop containing unbounded batching machines.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction The motivation for the problem studied in this paper comes from processing products in a shop consisting of photolytical, galvanic or any other chemical baths, where each product should visit all the baths in the same...

An approximate dynamic programming approach for a product distribution problem.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Managing inventories in supply chain systems with geographically distributed manufacturing facilities requires careful coordination. While planning the delivery of products to the customers, one should consider many...

Economic control and inspection policies for high-speed unreliable production systems.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction In this paper, we consider the economic design of control and inspection policies in unreliable high-speed/high-volume production processes. High-speed production systems are common in practice and can be found in many...

Two-machine shop scheduling with an uncapacitated interstage transporter.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction In this paper we consider the two-machine flow shop and open shop scheduling problems to minimize the makespan, provided that the jobs have to be transported between the machines by a single transporter or carrier. The...

Return to work: toward post-industrial engineering.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction If any discipline is rightfully the child of the second industrial revolution and the changes it wrought in the nature of work, that discipline is industrial engineering. Forged in mills and on shopfloors at the turn of the...

A multi-commodity supply chain design problem.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction The design and management of supply chains in today's competitive business environment is one of the most important and difficult problems faced by managers. There are roughly three levels of decisions in a supply chain:...

Backorder minimization in multiproduct assemble-to-order systems.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Realizing the competitive advantages of being flexible, responsive as well as efficient, and enabled by advanced technologies, more and more manufacturing companies are reengineering their product design and delivery...

Purchase contract management with demand forecast updates.
August 1, 2005... 1. Introduction In this paper we study a buyer's problem involving a purchase contract with a demand forecast update. Because of the presence of a lead time, the buyer makes an initial purchase decision with a preliminary demand forecast....

Erratum: correcting a proof in "Economic lot-sizing with remanufacturing options".(Correction Notice)
August 1, 2005... The purpose of this short note is to correct an error that has been detected in the proof of Theorem 1 in Golany et al. (2001). Luckily, the theorem still holds. To remedy the original proof, it suffices to re-define the new-item holding cost...