J. Browne - Böcker

The subject of this book is the modelling of manufacturing systems using queueing network models. Two other closely related modelling techniques are also described in this book, simulation modelling and generative models for the buffer allocation problem. The main purpose of this reference work is to provide the reader with a good overview of past research in the area. This is done by describing the important models and by providing references that complement the main body of the text. In the presentation of the material, the emphasis is placed on categorizing different models according to the manufacturing system being modelled, rather than the mathematical technique used. This, it is hoped will lead researchers to carry out more applications-driven research. "Queueing Theory in Manufacturing Systems Analysis and Design" is intended for lecturers and researchers in operations research, manufacturing systems engineering and equivalent departments as well as graduate students. Research and development engineers in operations research groups or the equivalent in industry, and consultants working in manufacturing, should also find this book of interest.

This book highlights the synthesis of manufacturing knowledge and information technology in providing an overall solution to the area of shop floor control. A combination of research with state of the art technology, the book goes from the theory of design to the practicability of implementation. This book should be of interest to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses in manufacturing systems, production and operations management, industrial engineering; manufacturing engineers and management; information systems specialists; suppliers of information technology based manufacturing systems.

Business process re-engineering tools offers techniques to model the enterprise and identify opportunities to make change. This book examines the approaches, tools and techniques which support redesign of the enterprise to achieve world class performance. This book should be of interest to manufacturing engineers, technical and senior managers in manufacturing, and MBA students.

This text is concerned with the evaluation of developments in terms of modelling techniques, and their use in the domain of benchmarking, business process and re-engineering. It considers the analysis of the experiences and results of the European Esprit projects in Technology for Business Process; the successful implementation of modelling techniques, benchmarking and business process re-engineering; and disseminates the emerging Business Best Practices in different domains in both manufacturing and services. It should be of interest to engineers, managers, benchmarking consultants, postgraduate students of business process re-engineering, and benchmarking teams.

Strategic Decision Making in Modern Manufacturing introduces and explains the AMBIT (Advanced Manufacturing Business ImplemenTation) approach, which has been developed to bridge the gap between strategic management considerations and the operational effects of technology investment decisions on the manufacturing organisation, so that the likely impact of new manufacturing technology and/or programme implementations can be evaluated, anticipated and accurately predicted. The AMBIT approach focuses specifically on the non-financial aspects of such investment decisions and offers an approach that allows a manager, or more frequently a management team, to understand the impacts of a new technology or a new programme on the manufacturing organisation in terms of manufacturing performance.

Business process re-engineering tools offer techniques to model the enterprise and identify opportunities to make change. This book examines the approaches, tools and techniques which support redesign of the enterprise to achieve world class performance.