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Production Management Systems: An Integrated Perspective

Jimmie Browne, John Harhen, James Shivnan

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PART I: INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING: THE CONTEXT FOR PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. 1. Overview: The new manufacturing environment. 2. Development of automation in manufacturing. 3. Computer integrated manufacturing Beyond CIM towards the factory of the future. PART II THE REQUIREMENTS PLANNING APPROACH: MRP AND MRP II 4. Overview: Introduction to requirements planning (MRP and MRP II). 5. The use of the MRP system. Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) 6. The production database. Lot sizing in MRP systems. 7. The status of MRP/MRP II as a paradigm for PMS. 8. The just in time approach Manufacturing systems design and planning for JIT. 9. The Kanban system. PART III OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: 10. Optimized production technology philosophy. 11. Optimized production technology system. PART IV PMS: A VIEW OF THE FUTURE 12. Overview: MRP, JIT and OPT compared. 13. PMS in the extended enterprise. 14. Questions. 15. References. Bibliography. Glossary of acronyms. Index.

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Key concepts: Material requirements planning, Manufacturing resource planning, Kanban, Manufacturing engineering, Production planning, Computer-integrated manufacturing, Factory (object-oriented programming), Production (economics)