Modern production management systems consist of transaction processing systems and decision enhancement systems. A clear example of two such components are an ERP systems and APS systems. These systems are often standard software systems, and therefore suitable for many different situations. This paper analyses the combination of ERP and APS from the perspective of change. The paper builds on a...

The Kaizen management is dedicated to the improvement of productivity, efficiency, quality and in general of business. The Kaizen method acknowledged as method of improvements applied to key processes will generate the major of company’s profit, while constituting a secure way to obtain the clients loyalty and fidelity. The Kaizen management represents a solid strategic instrument, with a view ...

Alternative production systems have increased popularity in the egg industry to address consumer demands for the production of commercial eggs that reduce concerns over animal welfare. This experiment was conducted at the NCDA&CS, Piedmont Research Station, in conjunction with the NCLP&MT. This study consisted of 6 replicates totaling 378 hens of a single commercial egg strain, housed in an enr...

ANN 702 MODERN CONCEPTS OF FEEDING MONOGASTRIC ANIMALS 2+0 ANN 703 NUTRITION AND RUMEN FERMENTATION 1+1 ANN 704 ADVANCES IN MICRONUTRIENTS 1+0 ANN 705 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN NUTRITION AND RESEARCH 1+2 ANN 706 ADVANCES IN FEED TECHNOLOGY 1+1 ANN 707 CLINICAL NUTRITION 1+1 ANN 708 NUTRIENT AND DRUG INTERACTION 2+0 ANN 709 NEW FEED RESOURCES AND TOXICANTS IN ANIMAL FEEDING 2+0 ANN 791 DOCTORAL SEM...

Corn harvested for silage is an important feed crop on most Pennsylvania farms, where cropland often is limited. The crop provides livestock producers with a high-yielding, relatively consistent source of forage and the animals with a highly digestible and palatable feed. Corn silage produces more energy per acre than any other crop grown in Pennsylvania. Corn silage serves as a high-energy for...

We study the problem of recovering a production plan after a disruption, where the disruption may be caused by incidents such as power failure, market change, machine breakdown, supply shortage, worker no-show, and others. The new recovery plan we seek after has to not only suit the changed environment brought about by the disruption, but also be close to the initial plan so as not to cause too...

The buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is an important contributor to milk, meat, power, fuel and leather production in many developing countries. Buffaloes can be categorized into Asian and Mediterranean buffaloes. Asian buffalo includes two subspecies known as Riverine and Swamp types. Riverine (water buffalo) and Swamp buffaloes possess different genetics (50 vs. 48 chromosomes, respectively), morpho...

This paper analyzes the use of expert systems in production management and provides both an historical perspective and a review of some recently developed expert systems for production management problems. Current expert systems in production management fill two gaps associated with traditional optimization and heuristic methods. First, optimization and heuristic methods do not process semantic...

providers have struggled to remain profitable as unstable oil prices moved generally lower. In the 1990s, oil companies downsized and started relying on outside services for functions that are not considered core business activities. They turned to outsourcing, alliances, partnerships and, lately, to mergers. The oilfield supply sector also restructured, formed joint ventures, consolidated, and...