Just-In-Time Scheduling: Models and Algorithms for Computer and Manufacturing Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Józefowska, Joanna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: International Series In Operations Research amp; Mana, 106
• Subjects: Engineering.; Business.; Management science.; Management.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Operations Management.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Business and Management, general.

As the field of Supply Chain Management has matured, maintaining the precise flow of goods to maintain schedules (hence, minimizing inventories) on a just-in-time basis still remains as a major challenge. This problem or challenge has resulted in a fair amount of quantitative research in the area, p...

Table of Contents:

• Just-in-time concept in manufacturing and computer systems
• Methodological background
• Common due date
• Individual due dates
• Algorithms for schedule balancing.