Focuses on the quantitative approaches necessary to computer-integrated manufacturing systems, and integrates major topics covering all phases of the production control cycle: production information processing and flow, production planning, forecasting, material requirements planning and monetary control, and scheduling. This new edition features a compendium set of 11 user-friendly computer programs for the IBM PC that enhance the teaching power of the text, allowing readers to solve real-life problems. Among programs included are growth forecasting, aggregate planning, material requirements planning, lot sizing and inventory control, and limited-resource scheduling. The chapters on scheduling give particularly thorough coverage on this difficult subject. Solutions are clearly presented, with many examples and exercises included in the text.
| ISBN: | 9780471821793 |
| Publication date: | 23rd June 1987 |
| Author: | David D. (Arizona State University) Bedworth, James E. (Arizona State University) Bailey |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 496 pages |
| Genres: |
Computer aided manufacture (CAM) Automatic control engineering Production and quality control management |