International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 11 Issue 6

A Decision Support System for Job Release in Make‐to‐order Companies

Linda Hendry, Brian Kingsman

A Decision Support System (DSS), specifically designed to addressthe needs of small‐to medium‐sized make‐to‐order companies, is currentlybeing developed. It includes two of the…

Human‐Machine Function Allocation in Manufacturing Systems: A Review

Steven L. Johnson, O. Felix Offodile

The history, successes, failures and future needs that relate tothe allocation of functions to humans and/ or machines in manufacturingenvironments are presented. The various…

On Knowing When to Switch from Quantitative to Judgemental Forecasts

Nada R. Sanders, Larry P. Ritzman

The conditions under which forecasts from expert judgementoutperform traditional quantitative methods are investigated. It isshown that judgement is better than quantitative…

Operating Levels in Product and Process Design

Alberto De Toni, Luca Zipponi

An interpretative chart is proposed on several levels, which on theone hand acts as a key to the actions aimed at revision of simultaneousdesign criteria, and on the other is a…

The Effect of Type of Industry on Inventory Investments and Structure: The Egyptian Case

M. Tawfik Mady

Both inventory investments and structure in a sample of 44manufacturing companies representing five industry groups in Egypt areinvestigated. The study reveals that the type of…

A Simulation Approach to the Design of an Assembly Line: A Case Study

Divakar Rajamani, N. Singh

A case study on the balancing and design of a line assemblingblack‐and‐white television receivers is reported. Task allocations aremade using a cost model and considering the…

A Comparison of Two Heuristic Methods for the p‐Median Problem with and without Maximum Distance Constraints

Shams‐ur Rahman, David K. Smith

The performance of Ardalan′s heuristic is compared with that ofTeitz and Bart for the location of service facilities, where performanceis assessed in terms of the accuracy of…