Decision Policies for Production Networks

1.An Overview of Decision Policies for Production Networks

2.Modeling and Control of Manufacturing Systems

3.The Ongoing Challenge for a Responsive Demand Supply Network: The Final Frontier-Controlling the Factory

4.WIP-Oriented Dispatching in Complex Manufacturing Facilities

5.Controlling a Re-entrant Manufacturing Line via the Push-Pull Point

6.JEDI: Just-in-Time Execution and Distribution Information Support System for Automotive Stamping Operations.-7. A Control Theoretic Evaluation of Schedule Nervousness Suppression Techniques for Master Production Scheduling

8.Chance-Constraint-Based Heuristics for Production Planning in the Face of Stochastic Demand and Workload-Dependent Lead Times

9.Traffic Flow Models and Service Rules for Complex Production System

10.Autonomous Decision Policies for Networks of Production Systems

11.Optimal Order and Distribution Strategies in Production Networks

12.The Production Planning Problem: Clearing Functions, Variable Lead Times, Delay Equations and Partial Differential Equations

Dieter Armbruster is a professor in Arizona State University's Department of Mathematics, where he has been Interim Chair since 2005. He has written scientific publications on dynamic systems, control, and nonlinear dynamics with applications in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. Over the last 10 years his interests have focused on applications of these mathematical techniques in modelling and decision-making in production systems.

Karl Kempf has been involved in the design and operation of successful commercial production systems in the automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor industries for over 30 years, including collaborations with university researchers. He has published scientific papers on various aspects of applying decision and control science to production systems and has presented at a number of national and international conference on these topics. Based on the scientific and business impact of his innovations, he has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering.er Armbruster is a professor in Arizona State University's Department of Mathematics, where he has been Interim Chair since 2005. He has written scientific publications on dynamic systems, control, and nonlinear dynamics with applications in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. Over the last 10 years his interests have focused on applications of these mathematical techniques in modelling and decision-making in production systems.

Karl Kempf has been involved in the design and operation of successful commercial production systems in the automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor industries for over 30 years, including collaborations with university researchers. He has published scientific papers on various aspects of applying decision and control science to production systems and has presented at a number of national and international conference on these topics. Based on the scientific and business impact of his innovations, he has been elected to the US National

From the reviews:"This volume is to inform the interested reader of the latest theories, methodologies, and practical approaches for dealing with the technical and operational issues of production planning in these production networks. ... this book represents one of the latest contributions to our understanding of production networks and the myriad factors that make them so challenging and interesting." (J. MacGregor Smith, Interfaces, Vol. 43 (2), March-April, 2013)