In the past decade, a growing body of literature has investigated the CONstant Work In
Progress (ConWip) production control system (PCS). In view of the current industrial …

Production control systems (PCSs) control the flow of jobs in a production system. The
selection of a suitable PCS in the context of make-to-order (MTO) is challenging, due to the …

Purpose The inherent variability on process times and demand are the factors that prevent
the efficient application of lean philosophy in multi-project product development (PD) …

Health services provided at home are becoming more important in most European countries.
A better understanding of the specificities of home care (HC) operations and their …

Pull policies are considered to be among the most efficient control strategy. Setting the
correct parameters to maximise their efficiency is, however, not a trivial task. Simulation …

Production and inventory-related decisions, which significantly influence each other and
sometimes involve multiple attributes, trade-off assessment and uncertainties, serve a key …

Problems encountered in real manufacturing environments are complex to solve optimally,
and they are expected to fulfill multiple objectives. Such problems are called multi-objective …

Lot splitting is an important strategy for avoiding the starvation of workstations, for
accelerating the progress of jobs, and ultimately for improving overall due date performance …

Increasing competition and decreasing profit margins forced companies to find effective
ways of providing both services and products offered. Effective ways are realized through …

Le ConWip (constant work in process) fournit aux fabricants un système de contrôle de la
production durable, efficace et adaptatif dans des environnements complexes. Une revue de …