Production and Operations Management: Concepts, Models, and Behavior

activities actual demand aggregate planning Alpha Processing alternative analysis approach behavioral breakeven calculate Capacity planning Chapter chart concepts consider conversion process Conversion System cycle decision problems decision tree analysis demand pattern developed economic efficiency employees estimates evaluation example existing expanded expected expected value Figure flow forecast error forecasting model future Gantt chart goals identify increase industrial inputs intuitive forecasting inventory job design job enlargement job enrichment levels linear programming Management Science manufacturing measure method moving average needed node objective function operations management operations research optimal solution organization organizational output overall percent performance period Planning The Conversion plant procedure production/operations management profit relationships result revenues S₁ scheduling selected sequence shipments simple moving average simulation slack variables smoothing coefficient standard station strategy subsystem Table tasks techniques tion units workers