Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning
2nd Edition
Published on 9. May 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
746 pages
978-0-471-54784-6 (ISBN)
Description
Presenting an in-depth discussion of the major inventory and production decisions faced by both private and public organizations, this book also covers the latest decision-making systems, such as Just-in-Time Manufacturing, KANBAN, Distribution Requirements Planning and PUSH Control. Problem sets are provided and an extensive list of references allows the advanced student to pursue topics of interest in more detail.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 88 mm
Width: 33 mm
Weight
1134 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-54784-6 (9780471547846)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
THE CONTEXT AND IMPORTANCE OF INVENTORY MANAGMENT AND PRODUCTION PLANNING DECISIONS: Strategic Issues; Coping with Complex Decisions; Forecasting Systems; TRADITIONAL REPLENISHMENT SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING INDIVIDUAL-ITEM INVENTORIES: An Order Quantity Decision System for the Case of Approximately Level Demand; Individual-Item Decision Rules for the Case of a Time-Varying Demand Pattern; Individual Items Under Probabilistic Demand; DECISION RULES AND SYSTEMS FOR SPECIAL CLASSES OF ITEMS: Managing the Most Important (Class A) Items; Managing Routine (Class C) Inventories; Rules for Style Goods and Perishable Items; CO-ORDINATION OF ITEMS IN NON-PRODUCTION CONTEXTS: Co-ordinated Replenishments at a Single Stocking Point; Multi- echelon Inventory Situations; DECISION SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION CONTEXT: An Overall Framework; Medium-Range Aggregate Planning; Capacity-Orientated Process Industries; Materials - Labour-Oriented Fabrication - Assembly Situations; SYNTHESIS.