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Mapping Manufacturing Concerns and Action Plans
Peter T. Ward, Jeffrey G. Miller, Thomas E. VollmannThe manufacturing strategy literature suggests a number of areas in which decisions are of strategic importance. This study uses a survey of manufacturing executives from 213…
A Conceptual Model of Service Quality
John Haywood‐FarmerA model of service quality is developed which includes three groups of service quality components: physical and procedural, behavioural, and judgemental. Classification schemes…
Simulating Just‐in‐Time Systems
D. Fallon, J. BrowneThis paper describes the development and early use of a test bed for Just‐In‐Time GIT) control of Flexible Assembly Systems (FAS). JIT has, up to now, been used in repetitive…
A Study of Small Subcontract and Make‐to‐Order Firms in Relation to Quotation for Orders
Norman R. Tobin, Alan Mercer, Brian KingsmanIn 1986 a study was carried out in a number of small companies in the UK that manufacture to customer requirements. The primary objective was to assess the relevance and…
Implementation of Inventory Systems in China
Yu Yi, Mark GershonThe problems encountered when attempting to incorporate modern systems for inventory and materials management into a rapidly developing country are discussed. Specifically, the…
A Heuristic Approach to General Assembly Line Balancing
T.K. Bhattacharjee, S. SahuA method for balancing a single‐model assembly line is described which incorporates various constraining features such as fixed position, positive and negative zoning, multiple…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen