The Planning and Scheduling of Production Systems: Methodologies and applications - Hardcover

 
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If one accepts the premise that there is no wealth without production, whether at the individual or national level, one is immediately led to the conclusion that the study of productive systems lies at the forefront of subjects that should be intensively, as well as rationally and extensively, studied to achieve the desired 'sustainable growth' of society, where the latter is defined as growth in the quality of life that does not waste the available resources in the long run. Since the end of World War II there has been a remarkable evolution in thinking about production, abetted to a large measure by the nascent field of informatics: the computer technology and the edifices that have been built around it, such as information gathering and dissemination worldwide through communication networks, software products, peripheral interfaces, etc. Additionally, the very thought processes that guide and motivate studies in production have undergone fundamental changes which verge on being revolutionary, thanks to developments in operations research and cybernetics.

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This book gives a state-of-the-art report on modern approaches to problems of planning, scheduling and control of production systems, and in particular manufacturing systems - Lavoisier

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This book presents the latest developments in theory, methodology and technique in the field of planning and scheduling of production systems. It aims to promote understanding of the fundamental precepts and their application in practice, providing the reader with the ability to answer the following questions: Which are the appropriate approaches to use in this particular situation? How are they used and what are the pitfalls? What does the future hold in the field? and what do I need to know to cope with it? "The Planning and Scheduling of Production Systems" explains what the different approaches are, and how and when they are applied. It is an ideal source of information for both practitioners in planning and scheduling and students studying industrial engineering, management science and manufacturing.

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ISBN 10:  1461285070 ISBN 13:  9781461285076
Publisher: Springer, 2011
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