This paper develops an inventory control model for a reverse supply chain with separate serviceable and remanufacturable inventory stock points. Return rate is expressed stochastically as a function of product demand. Variation in demand distribution during product life-cycle is modeled using a new order-up-to replenishment policy incorporating five maximum inventory levels corresponding to fiv...

In this paper, an alternate framework for deployment called Concurrent Function Deployment (CFD) for managing a product's life-cycle process is described. The framework considers parallel deployment of several value characteristics as opposed to a single value such as Quality. The American Supplier Institute's (ASI's) quality function deployment (QFD) concept [Sullivan, 1988] is a typical case ...

Due to dynamic evolution, the ability of a manufacturing technology to produce a special product is changing. Therefore, it is essential to monitor the established techniques and processes to detect whether a company’s production will fit future circumstances. Concerning the manufacturing technology planning process, companies must decide when to change to a new technology for maintaining and i...

The success of a company more and more depends on its ability to flexibly and quickly react to changes. Combining process management techniques and conversational case-based reasoning (CCBR) allows for flexibly aligning the business processes to new requirements by providing integrated process life cycle support. This includes the adaptation of business processes to changing needs by allowing d...

The eco-design of complex industrial systems becomes a major issue for the concerned companies. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in particular is more adapted to “classical” products such as consumer goods. Performing LCA of such systems requires some thoughts to ensure significant results, for example concerning data granularity and quality. This article proposes a Life Cycle Assessment of an Alsto...

  Food packaging is used to maintain the safety and quality of food during distribution and storage and to protect them from adverse internal and external conditions, such as water vapor, spoilage due to microorganisms, moisture, light, and dust. In this regard, lots of research studies have been done to increase shelf life, safety, and quality to create suitable physico...

This project explores portfolio management and planning through effectively reducing complexity within operations. We apply this to a major healthcare company (referred to as Company X). The anticipated launch of new molecules and formulations into the existing high mix product portfolio presents significant challenges to contain cost and maintain the standard service level of Company X. Comple...

The production facilities of some factories can be considered as a flowshops. Flowshops are composed of resources arranged serially in r sections or stages where a set of n parts is processed. There are buffers between two consecutive stages. Each part has at most r operations (one per stage) and the flow of the jobs is oneway from stage 1 to stage r. In some companies of this type, the input s...

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