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Integrated maintenance and production control of a deteriorating production system
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-05)
We consider a make-to-stock production/inventory system consisting of a single deteriorating machine which produces a single item. We formulate the integrated decisions of maintenance and production using a Markov Decision ...
Use of computer aided drafting for analysis and control of posture in manual work
(Elsevier, 1990-06)
Computer aided design (CAD) in conjunction with digitised anthropometric manikins can be used for analysis and control of stressful work postures, one of the most frequently cited occupational risk factors of upper extremity ...
Optimal capacity in a coordinated supply chain
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-03)
We consider a supply chain in which a retailer faces a stochastic demand, incurs backorder and inventory holding costs and uses a periodic review system to place orders from a manufacturer. The manufacturer must fill the ...
Control of a manufacturing system with random product yield and downward substitutability
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-09)
We consider a manufacturing system where the quality of the end product is uncertain and is graded into one of several quality levels after production. We assume stochastic demand for each quality level, stochastic production ...
Adaptive inventory control models for supply chain management
(Springer-Verlag, 2005-10)
Uncertainties inherent in customer demands make it difficult for supply chains to achieve just-in-time inventory replenishment, resulting in loosing sales opportunities or keeping excessive chain-wide inventories. In this ...
Institutional conformity and technology implementation: A process model of ergonomics dissemination
(Elsevier, 1992-06)
This paper examines the process of implementation of work-place ergonomics within thirteen plants of the largest division of an automobile manufacturing firm. The process began as plants reacted with varying degrees of ...
Extreme point characterizations for infinite network flow problems
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-12)
We study capacitated network flow problems with demands defined on a countably infinite collection of nodes having finite degree. This class of network flow models includes, for example, all infinite horizon deterministic ...
On the Introduction of an Agile, Temporary Workforce into a Tandem Queueing System
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-10)
We consider a two-station tandem queueing system where customers arrive according to a Poisson process and must receive service at both stations before leaving the system. Neither queue is equipped with dedicated servers. ...