Successful capacity planning and production scheduling is built on the understanding of
market opportunities and the costs of capacity, production, sourcing, inventory, and …

Many industries with multiple-echelon supply chains suffer inventory management with
costly deteriorating rates changed along with the time, such as TFT-LCD panel …

We consider a two-stage make-to-order manufacturing system with random demands,
processing times, and distributed customer due dates. The work to each stage is released …

Supply chain literature shows that speed of delivery, or equivalently provided delivery lead
time, is a crucial performance factor and influences the expected customer demand …

A multi-item capacitated make-to-order production system with considerable demand
fluctuations is discussed. The relationship between the available capacity and the inventory …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the optimal allocation of capacity investments at
the tactical decision-making level by incorporating the configuration characteristics of …

Queuing models for the design and analysis of manufacturing and service systems have a
long tradition in operations management. There exists a considerable knowledge of …

We study the demand, inventory, and capacity allocation problem in production systems with
multiple inventory locations and a production facility operating under linear and concave …

In a manufacturing environment with volatile demand, inventory management can be
coupled with dynamic capacity adjustments for handling the fluctuations more effectively. In …

We evaluate the benefits of coordinating capacity and inventory decisions in a make-to-stock
production environment. We consider a firm that faces multi-class demand and has …