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How meaningful are Load and Capacity Statements? - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The problem of how a manufacturer making goods to order on longish lead times can make delivery promises which he can expect to keep. MORE INFO: How meaningful are Load and Capacity Statements? The problem of how a manufacturer making goods to order on longish lead times can ... read article... |
Basics of capacity planning and control - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Gives the basic concepts of this broad subject so that it may be thoroughly understood and placed in perspective. MORE INFO: Basics of capacity planning and control Gives the basic concepts of this broad subject so that it may be thoroughly understood and placed in perspectiv... read article... |
Productivity resource planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: A review of PRP and how it can be used in business management to increase productivity and profits. MORE INFO: Productivity resource planning A review of PRP and how it can be used in business management to increase productivity and profits. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operati... read article... |
Rough-cut capacity planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes what RCCP is, how it fits into a closed loop manufacturing system, what is required to make it work and why it should be included in operations. MORE INFO: Rough-cut capacity planning Describes what RCCP is, how it fits into a closed loop manufacturing system, what ... read article... |
Where planning must end and execution begins - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Focuses on the transition from planning into production and the use of management systems in this respect. MORE INFO: Where planning must end and execution begins Focuses on the transition from planning into production and the use of management systems in this respect. PUB... read article... |
Thoughts on infinite and finite capacity planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes and recommends the application of infinite and finite loading to the various stages of capacity planning in P&IC. MORE INFO: Thoughts on infinite and finite capacity planning Describes and recommends the application of infinite and finite loading to the various stag... read article... |
Practical principles of capacity planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes principles that are pertinent to good capacity planning. MORE INFO: Practical principles of capacity planning Describes principles that are pertinent to good capacity planning. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 12 - No 04 - June/July 1986... read article... |
Master production scheduling: the contract - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Reviews the role which the Master Production Scheduler plays in the manufacturing environment. MORE INFO: Master production scheduling: the contract Reviews the role which the Master Production Scheduler plays in the manufacturing environment. PUBLISHER: Institute of Opera... read article... |
The major issues of capacity requirements planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: CRP is probably the easiest piece of manufacturing control to understand but the least well used. MORE INFO: The major issues of capacity requirements planning CRP is probably the easiest piece of manufacturing control to understand but the least well used. PUBLISHER: Inst... read article... |
Capacity planning and execution - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses the elemental processes necessary to achieve a solid based capacity management system. MORE INFO: Capacity planning and execution Discusses the elemental processes necessary to achieve a solid based capacity management system. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations M... read article... |
Planning and execution through handling systems - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: How to integrate planning and execution of manufacturing through contemporary material handling systems. MORE INFO: Planning and execution through handling systems How to integrate planning and execution of manufacturing through contemporary material handling systems. PUBL... read article... |
Reflections upon the meaning of planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: What is the purpose of a Production Planning Department? Has its function changed? Should we seek a new title more suited to needs of today? MORE INFO: Reflections upon the meaning of planning What is the purpose of a Production Planning Department? Has its function changed? ... read article... |
MPS and MRPII implementation - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses Master Production Sheduling as an MRPII implementation issue. MORE INFO: MPS and MRPII implementation Discusses Master Production Sheduling as an MRPII implementation issue. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 14 - No 06 - October/November 1988... read article... |
Priority Planning - how to forget the schedule - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Priority planning must be the heart of the manufacturing organisation. Priority planning is saying what is required and when it is needed. MORE INFO: Priority Planning - how to forget the schedule Priority planning must be the heart of the manufacturing organisation. Priority... read article... |
Forecasting and scheduling in customer services - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Some of the methods of forecasting and scheduling and some aspects and pitfalls to avoid when trying to do so in a customer service environment. MORE INFO: Forecasting and scheduling in customer services Some of the methods of forecasting and scheduling and some aspects and p... read article... |
Project Manufacturing - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Many companies are involved in manufacturing products to meet the demands of individual customer contracts. The products that they build in this manner may be unique, one-off engineering projects; they may be low/medium volume (and occasionally high volume) build of otherwise st... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Standards exist for quality management (ISO9000) and environmental management (ISO14000), and there is a model for Business Excellence. But, until very recently, there was no standard or reference model for performance measurement. MORE INFO: Integrated Performance Measurement... read article... |
Master scheduling - or politics and pain - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The case studies in this article illustrate how difficult proper MPS disciplines can be to achieve MORE INFO: Master scheduling - or politics and pain The case studies in this article illustrate how difficult proper MPS disciplines can be to achieve PUBLISHER: Institute of... read article... |
MRP: review of failure and a proposal for recovery - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Highlights the ignored fundamental weaknesses of MRP and proposes a technique for MRP recovery called CBS (Capacity Based Scheduling) MORE INFO: MRP: review of failure and a proposal for recovery Highlights the ignored fundamental weaknesses of MRP and proposes a technique fo... read article... |
Unilever improves throughput and cuts costs - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Enhancing short-term scheduling capabilities at Unilever subsidiary Berghs & Jurgens. MORE INFO: Unilever improves throughput and cuts costs Enhancing short-term scheduling capabilities at Unilever subsidiary Berghs & Jurgens. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management<... read article... |
Rate-based MPS For repetitive Make-To-Stock - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Rate-based master scheduling could be the right technique to help stabilise production schedules and achieve good customer service MORE INFO: Rate-based MPS For repetitive Make-To-Stock Rate-based master scheduling could be the right technique to help stabilise production sch... read article... |
Effective scheduling - never having to say sorry - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Johnson Matthey Colours' schedulers developed an approach, which was not only successful but was also easy to understand. MORE INFO: Effective scheduling - never having to say sorry Johnson Matthey Colours' schedulers developed an approach, which was not only successful but w... read article... |
To lead from the front - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: What is all the fuss and confusion over lead times Why do MRP systems stand or fall on the accuracy of them and why do other systems not use them? MORE INFO: To lead from the front What is all the fuss and confusion over lead times Why do MRP systems stand or fall on the accu... read article... |
Finite scheduling in perspective - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Emphasises the need for the correct selection of scheduling software. MORE INFO: Finite scheduling in perspective Emphasises the need for the correct selection of scheduling software. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 19 - No 01 - December/January 1993... read article... |
Flexible master scheduling at Fisher Rosemount - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Search for a formal planning and scheduling tool that could take finite availability of components into account at Fisher Rosemount. MORE INFO: Flexible master scheduling at Fisher Rosemount Search for a formal planning and scheduling tool that could take finite availability ... read article... |
Planning and control of Research & Development work - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: R&D work is an area which is largely ignored but with companies spending up to 15% of turnover, can they allow them to operate completely uncontrolled MORE INFO: Planning and control of Research & Development work R&D work is an area which is largely ignored but with companie... read article... |
Business unit scheduling and materials management - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Organisations composed of Business Units who represent such supplier-customer chains provide insights into how these logistics are managed. MORE INFO: Business unit scheduling and materials management Organisations composed of Business Units who represent such supplier-custom... read article... |
Has Finite Scheduling come of age? - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Five suppliers of scheduling software invited to give a presentation in collaboration with a user describing implementation and benefits achieved. MORE INFO: Has Finite Scheduling come of age? Five suppliers of scheduling software invited to give a presentation in collaborati... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: When the fluctuations in total customer orders are compared with those in total inventory and production rates over a long length of time, the chances are that your internal fluctuations are greater, often considerably, than the external fluctuations in customer orders. The auth... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: A detailed examination is given of how typically a car component manufacturer would use enterprise level integrated systems to streamline its entire supply chain to achieve optimum productivity and efficiency, using a paperless, rate based, customer driven process. MORE INFO: ... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article describes the use of simulation as part of the planning process before implementation of new machinery in a manufacturing environment. The focus of the simulation study is on the technique of line balancing in a product focused (line) layout. The author describes ho... read article... |
Planning to meet the customer demand - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Sales and Operations Planning must be a value added process as it masterminds the total supply chain. This article explores how mass customisation can be used to further improve the flow of material down the supply chain. MORE INFO: Planning to meet the customer demand Sales ... read article... |
Do you still use sales and operations planning? - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Puts Sales and Operations Planning into perspective in light of modern developments in Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) systems and suggests ways in which Sales and Operations Planning can be used with these new systems. MORE INFO: Do you still use sales and operations p... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes a new approach to the specification of the functional requirements of manufacturing control systems, which was developed by an EPSRC funded project. MORE INFO: Manufacturing systems requirements definition: an objective approach Describes a new approach to the speci... read article... |
Sales and operations planning hits the sweet spot - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes how companies can gain more benefits by using sales and operations planning as a process which integrates business issues in addition to operational ones. MORE INFO: Sales and operations planning hits the sweet spot Describes how companies can gain more benefits by ... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Primarily focuses on two issues: MORE INFO: Do your business systems help or hinder your company's success? Part 2 Primarily focuses on two issues: What do acronyms MRP, MRP II, ERP, etc, really mean? Is there any logic to the way in which solutions have evolved? PUBLI... read article... |
APS Special Interest Group - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: There is considerable interest currently in Advanced Planning Systems or Advanced Planning & Scheduling... MORE INFO: APS Special Interest Group There is considerable interest currently in Advanced Planning Systems or Advanced Planning & Scheduling... PUBLISHER: Institute o... read article... |
Industry news: APS for brewery - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Guinness Ireland Group and Insight Logistics have been working in partnership to implement an INORDA Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system in the Guinness Dublin brewery... MORE INFO: Industry news: APS for brewery Guinness Ireland Group and Insight Logistics have bee... read article... |
Forecasting and planning: the views of a change agent - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Examines the management processes, behaviours and disciplines that are the fundamental foundations of a successful demand planning process. MORE INFO: Forecasting and planning: the views of a change agent Examines the management processes, behaviours and disciplines that are ... read article... |
The electronic plughole - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: If manufacturing companies do not understand, and then manage the opportunities offered by electronic communication, they will be overwhelmed by them... MORE INFO: The electronic plughole If manufacturing companies do not understand, and then manage the opportunities offered ... read article... |
Editorial: The Abridged History of Computerised Planning Systems - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: David Maguire, MORE INFO: Editorial: The Abridged History of Computerised Planning Systems David Maguire, In the beginning there were Bill of Materials processors, originally developed by IBM in the 1960’s. They were simple loop queries that extrapolated the requir... read article... |
The value of IT in the manufacturing sector - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The aims of the article are: to show that IT has penetrated so deeply into every fibre of the business fabric that its deployment and use have become strategic business, not technological, issues; to encourage senior manufacturing executives to seize control of this vital strate... read article... |
Letter: Reply response to John Hackforth - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: In reply to John's letter: On the second part of the question John is absolutely right - the key has been transposed and is the wrong way round - mea culpa!! On the main part of the question I hope and think that we are saying the same thing in different ways. The Demand Plan is... read article... |
Letter: Response to Jeff Banning Article Forecasting & Planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Firstly, I refer to Jeff Banning's interesting article on Forecasting & Planning - July/Aug 99). Jeff uses the term 'demand plan' to describe the company's sales and operations plan, ie. the balanced plan of what will be both sold and made. At first I thought this was just termi... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Addresses in simple terms, the why, what and where of APS and reviews the potential strengths and weaknesses of the different types of APS solutions that have been developed. Probably the most popular jargon term currently in use in the ERP and supply chain solutions marketplace... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) - Next Big Thing or Irrelevant Concept?: Wednesday, 29 September 1999, University of Warwick MORE INFO: Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) - 29 September 1999, University of Warwick Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) - Next B... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: An overview of Advanced Planning and Scheduling. The historical development of APS and its key features. A comparison between APS and ERP, a review of some technical features and explanation of terminology. Concludes with a look at some current application areas and possible fut... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: John Darlington shows how Lean Operations have been applied at AlliedSignal, a major supplier of re-manufactured and non-current production products to the automotive industry. Scheduling and planning systems were enhanced to enable better synchronisation, reduction in floor spa... read article... |
Editorial: Capacity Planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: How much do you want? How many are we catering for? Starting when? For how long? By when? All questions that are commonly asked by capacity planners. It could be for booking a youth club coach tour, manufacturing hit CDs, supplying portable loos to a show ground or booking a par... read article... |
Implementing APS in the nuclear pharmaceutical industry - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article describes the implementation of APS in Nycomed Amersham’s North America manufacturing facility in 1997 and seeks to explain the reasons for implementation, some of the methodology used, the impact on the business and the lessons learnt... It will describe the circum... read article... |
Take off for APS Special Interest Group - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The Institute's first dedicated APS event, held recently at Warwick University, answered one question but posed another. The question answered was in the event's title: MORE INFO: Take off for APS Special Interest Group The Institute's first dedicated APS event, held recentl... read article... |
Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Branch news On the 7th October the London and Southern Branches of the Institute held an evening talk on Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) presented by Günther Kruse.... The talk was very well attended and attendees were entertained with a skillful talk on the history, curr... read article... |
Advanced Planning and Scheduling: a provisional definition - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: ‘Advanced Planning and Scheduling’ (APS) means many things to many people. So far, there is little common agreement on what constitutes APS and the Institute’s APS Special Interest Group has been working on a definition to assist members. MORE INFO: Advanced Planning and Sched... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: While Supply Chain Management (SCM) as a concept is hardly new, there is increasing interest in Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS). MORE INFO: Advanced Planning and Scheduling and Supply Chain Management: competitive survival in the customer-centric age While Supply Chain M... read article... |
IT Showcase Seminars - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: There is still time to book onto the exhibitions and seminars in London (21st March); Leeds (11th April) and Glasgow (10th May). MORE INFO: IT Showcase Seminars There is still time to book onto the exhibitions and seminars in London (21st March); Leeds (11th April) and Glasgo... read article... |
APS Glasgow Event - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The West of Scotland Branch will be hosting a half day event 'Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS): Next Big Thing or Irrelevant Concept?' on Thursday, 13th April 2000 from 1.30 - 5.30pm at the The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. MORE INFO: APS Glasgow Event The West ... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Many MRP II and ERP systems produce disappointing results; APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) implementations, although citing many improvements, seldom reach their full potential; and e-businesses fail, not through speed of information, but because of the inability to meet th... read article... |
Re-mapping the automotive supply chains - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Vehicle Manufacturers (VMs))would insist that to qualify as a supplier, EDI must be adopted as part of the supplier process... MORE INFO: Re-mapping the automotive supply chains Vehicle Manufacturers (VMs))would insist that to qualify as a supplier, EDI must be adopted as par... read article... |
APS: From Myth to Reality? - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) is currently a very hot topic for all those interested in operations and supply chain management. As a result of the demand from members for more on this topic, the Institute's Events Committee and the APS SIG have brought together a number... read article... |
Managing your supply chain with APS - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: MORE INFO: Managing your supply chain with APS Branch news Per) Batley, Alun Org) Blue Sky Business Solutions Per) Moulding, Rod intro) On Tuesday 9th May, the South Wales Branch held its first meeting for a number of years at the delightful setting of Hensol Castle Confere... read article... |
Opportunities in APS - a broader view - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Every business is concerned with the need to remain competitive against increasing local, national and international competition... MORE INFO: Opportunities in APS - a broader view Every business is concerned with the need to remain competitive against increasing local, natio... read article... |
APS: From Myth to Reality? - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Your last chance to book onto this seminar and to learn more about this latest hot topic, Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) at this one day seminar on Thursday, 28th September... MORE INFO: APS: From Myth to Reality? Your last chance to book onto this seminar and to lear... read article... |
Tools of the Trade - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article intends to identify how the tools required to MORE INFO: Tools of the Trade This article intends to identify how the tools required to manage a traditional process supply chain are changing in the light of the continuing rapid development of technology and subse... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Bullwhip costs money, wastes resources, and loses customers. So drawing on a basis of analytical, simulation and experiential techniques, the authors’ present four material flow principles which can be recommended as strategies to reduce the bullwhip effect... MORE INFO: Pract... read article... |
Applying Advanced Planning Systems in the E-Supply Chain - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The new e-Business world has made significant changes in the way information technology is being used to support supply chain trading relationships. This article explains how the new generation of advanced planning systems (APS) have grown to support integrated supply chain plan... read article... |
Integrating APS And ERP - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Enterprise and Resource Planning Systems (ERP) are the common place information system solution for most organisations who manufacture or process goods for sale. The model for these systems has its origins in the mass manufacturing techniques widely used 20 or more years ago. Fo... read article... |
Advanced Planning and Scheduling in the online world - APS and B2B - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The manufacturing supply chain has universally adopted Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, also known as Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) systems as the primary business system... MORE INFO: Advanced Planning and Scheduling in the online world - APS and B2B The m... read article... |
An Evening with Manugistics - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: About thirty members from London Branch, Thames Valley Branch and the APS Special Interest Group had an enjoyable and educational evening with Manugistics at their UK headquarters in Bracknell on the 4th December 2001. MORE INFO: An Evening with Manugistics About thirty membe... read article... |
ERP? – It's All About The Basics - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Most companies, having implemented ERP, are disappointed with the results. They read the brochures, they had the demo 's and life was supposed to get easier. But it didn 't MORE INFO: ERP? – It's All About The Basics Most companies, having implemented ERP, are disappointed wi... read article... |
Planning and Budgeting Application Bridges Gap - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Predictive Planning, a sophisticated management budgeting and planning tool which links budgeting data and resource consumption, improving a manufacturers overall business performance, has been launched by Armstrong Laing Group. MORE INFO: Planning and Budgeting Application Br... read article... |
Application of Finite Capacity Techniques in an ERP Environment - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article describes how finite capacity scheduling techniques were applied in an ERP environment. Finite capacity techniques were first introduced in the 1980's and were brought to prominence by Eli Goldratt who developed 'OPT', arguably the first APS (Advanced Planning Syste... read article... |
Capacity Planning: 3 Key Questions to Answer - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article aims to explain how a company that was not using the full capabilities of its own computer system set about developing the system to answer the 3 key questions that all shop floor team leaders and operators need answers to: 1 What workload is planned to go through t... read article... |
Book Review: Sales & Operations Planning: A Pocket Guide - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) is one of the least well understood concepts within integrated business planning and control systems. We have all learnt from experience that these integrated systems, like ERP and MRPII,'rubbish in - rubbish out'is a maxim that is very relevan... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article focuses on an often ignored aspect of operations management – the social and organisational perspective. The underlying motivation for the study described here is the theory that businesses have tended to overlook the potential of the human contribution to ope... read article... |
Knowledge Bank No.5 - APS - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The fifth in a series of articles about operations management, written and meticulously reviewed by IOM members _ experts in their respective fields, and with the addition of well researched references both in print and on the web. MORE INFO: Knowledge Bank No.5 - APS The fif... read article... |
APS Update - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Supply chain planning in any manufacturing and distribution business is a trade-off between several key factors. Developing a plan which balances the different factors to come up with an optimal solution has always been extremely difficult. Figure 1 gives an indication of the co... read article... |
Editorial: APS - a strategy to win - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Have you ever played chess? Have you ever wondered what separates the ‘men from the boys’ in chess? Why is it that some people can win easily and others never win? MORE INFO: Editorial: APS - a strategy to win Have you ever played chess? Have you ever wondered wha... read article... |
Short Product Life Cycle Planning - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The retail market today features highly variable product offerings together and an ever-widening range of goods, plus growing globalisation and volatility of consumer tastes. The ebb and flow of these forces often leave Retailers with the confounding presence of too many ‘... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: On Tuesday 19th October 2004 Babcock Engineering Services hosted an excellent evening event for members in Scotland entitled "Project Risk - From Ship Refit to Heathrow T5". MORE INFO: Branch news: Scotland Project Risk - From Ship Refit to Heathrow T5 On Tuesday 19... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Sales and operations planning is still very much a hot topic for manufacturing industry. On the 20th April, the IOM in conjunction with The Delos Partnership ran an interesting event at the Hilton Hotel in Warwick. MORE INFO: National events : Sales and Operations Planning - M... read article... |
Getting Your Ducks in a Row or Hoshin Kanri - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Two years ago, I was standing in front of a mixed group of US and European Senior Managers from a well-known American Chemical Company. We were discussing the role of Sales and Operations Planning in business. To be honest I was getting rather frustrated by their lack of integra... read article... |
Planning is Everything - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: In this article Ian Millar briefly discusses the need for every organisation large or small to have a plan. An operating plan not just a financial plan. His experience is that too many organisations throughout the world do not create the detail to back up a financial plan. MOR... read article... |
Improving Performance using the Balanced Scorecard Approach - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Government driven ‘top down’ targets, continue to attract criticism from people at the ‘coal face’, particularly in the education and health fields. The announcement of over-stated results recently in the private sector (eg. oil reserves), shows that &lsq... read article... |
Clinical Patient Pathways – a Case Study - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This case study presents the application of Clinical Patient Pathway Analysis to help a large hospital achieve the Government’s 31 and 62-day cancer waiting times. The project succeeded in identifying a number of underlying issues within the patient pathway and made recomm... read article... |
Transforming your Health - Planning and scheduling Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Due to client confidentiality issues, the names and identities of the client hospitals who have benefited from this process have been obscured as no self-respecting management team would like the press to know about their problems with finance and efficiency. MORE INFO: Transf... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Thames Valley and Southern Branch co-hosted an evening on S&OP. The guest speaker was Joe Booth, who as always gave us an evening to remember. Joe’s talk was titled S&OP in the 21st Century and gave us plenty to digest and consider. Joe was, rightly, adamant that S... read article... |
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