Modern Production Concepts

I: Production Planning and Control.- 1. Constitutive Aspects.- A Theoretical Basis for the Rational Formation of Production Planning and Control (PPC) Systems.- Comparison of Two Production Logistics Concepts.- Multi-Period Production Planning and Managerial Accounting.- Flexibility of Production Control Systems.- A Quantitative Measure for Flexibility.- Applications of Operations Research in Hierarchical Production Planning.- 2. Aspects and Elements of Production Planning and Control (PPC)-Systems.- Hierarchical Approach to Production Planning and Scheduling: The Case of a Mosaic Tile Plant.- Operational Control of Automated PCB Assembly lines.- A Framework for Developing Production Control Systems: A Case in Coffee Roasting/Distributing.- The Impact of Forecast Errors in Multistage Production Systems.- Integrated Manufacturing Planning.- Alternatives for MRP.- A Widely Acclaimed Method of Load-Oriented Job Release and its Conceptual Deficiencies.- 3. Just-in-Time (JIT).- JIT in a Low Volume, Hi-Tech Production Environment.- A Study of JIT Application under Stochastic Demand and Supply Arrival.- A Comprehensive Study of Quality Management Practices in JIT and Non-JIT Firms.- Trade-off between Production and Inventory Costs with Respect to a Given Demand Situation.- 4. Inventory Problems.- Combined Optimization of Safety Stocks and Processing Lead Times in Multi-Stage Production Systems.- On the Commonality Problem in Multi-Stage Inventory Control Systems.- Effect of the Standardization of the Hierarchy Parts Structure of a Product (SHPSP) on Production Ordering and Inventory Levels.- A Stochastic Model for In-Process Inventory.- An Inventory Model with Lateral Transshipments.- 5. Scheduling Problems.- A Flexible Decision Support Framework for Production Scheduling.- The Leitstand - A New Tool for Decentral Production Control.- Scheduling with Alternative Process Plans.- Scheduling and Resource Allocation Problems in Some Flow Type Manufacturing Processes.-

Modern production concepts such as Production Planning and Control (PPC), Just-in-Time (JIT), Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), Flexible Automation (FA), Automated Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS), Total Quality Control (TQC), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) are essential to gain competitive advantages. This book presents theoretical foundations and implementations of these concepts.