International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 14 Issue 10

Traceability in Manufacturing Systems

M.J. Cheng, J.E.L. Simmons

Proposes that the role of traceability in manufacturing systems is toenable the history of events to be followed and compared with scheduledplans and predefined goals. Tracing…

A Service‐oriented Manufacturing Strategy

Timothy D. Fry, Daniel C. Steele, Brooke A. Saladin

Introduces the concept of a manufacturing strategy based on a serviceorientation. Traditional manufacturing strategies have often beendriven by cost minimization decisions and…

Organizational Approaches to the Implementation of Simultaneous Engineering

Delavar G. Shenas, Sepehr Derakhshan

Discusses the advent of simultaneous engineering as the newmanufacturing paradigm, and speculates about the organizationalconsequences of this new manufacturing method. To…

Master Production Scheduling for a Process Industry Environment: A Case Study

Ray Venkataraman, Jay Nathan

Previous research has not addressed the problem of developing a masterproduction schedule (MPS) for production systems with minimum batch‐sizeproduction restrictions. Proposes a…

Graphical Analysis for Machine Replacement: A Case Study

John Walker

Describes the advantages of combining a Windows(TM) database package anda Visual Basic(TM) program for graphical analysis of machine replacementproblems. The database allows the…

Safety Stocks in JIT Environments

R. Natarajan, S.K. Goyal

In a Just‐in‐Time (JIT) environment, ideally there would be no need forsafety stocks. However, in practice, supply‐side and demandsideuncertainties cannot be completely…

A Simulation Analysis of Ordering Policies under Inflationary Conditions

Satish Mehra, Mohammad M. Amini

In today′s competitive global economy, every business can benefit frommanaging its operations in a cost‐efficient manner. Managing materialsshould be no exception and the effect…