Production and Operations Management: Concepts, Models, and Behavior

activities aggregate planning alternative analysis annual approach assembly average behavior calculate capacity planning chapter components control chart control limits conversion process critical path cycle decision demand developed economic economic order quantity efficiency employees engineering equation equipment estimated evaluation example existing expected exponential smoothing facility factors flow forecast function Gantt chart Identify improvement increase industry inputs inspection inventory control Japanese job design job enlargement job enrichment layout linear programming load machine manufacturing Material Requirements Planning materials measurement method month needed node normally distributed operating doctrine operations management optimal order exponential order quantity organization output overall percent performance period Planned order releases problem procedure production/operations programming quality circles reorder requirements sampling sequence shipments solution station stockout strategy subassembly subcomponents Table tasks techniques tion units variable week workers