Decision support system (DSS) is a well-established research and development area.
Traditional isolated, stand-alone DSS has been recently facing new challenges. In order to …

The workload control (WLC) concept has received much attention in the past three decades;
however, a comprehensive literature review has not been presented. In response, this article …

Protecting throughput from variance is the key to achieving lean. Workload control (WLC)
accomplishes this in complex make‐to‐order job shops by controlling lead times, capacity …

Abstract Three-dimensional printing (3DP) is a technological innovation that has been
receiving an increased amount of attention–both in the media and among scholars–as a …

Purpose This study provides an up-to-date review of additive manufacturing (AM)
technologies and guidance for selecting the most appropriate ones for specific applications …

This paper deals with improving the lead-time performance of a large crystal manufacturer
that uses a state-of-the-art commercial Enterprise Resource Planning system. Since the …

The Workload Control (WLC) concept is one of few Production Planning and Control (PPC)
solutions appropriate for Make-To-Order (MTO) companies yet its successful implementation …

Existing card-based production control systems such as Kanban are mostly dedicated to
repetitive production environments. Cards-based systems for job shop control are lacking …

Most shops in practice are constrained by more than one resource. Consequently, a large
body of literature on dual resource constrained shops has emerged. This research typically …

Workload control (WLC) is a method of production planning and control, which when
commenced at the customer enquiry stage, has particular relevance to producers of highly …