Rapid Modelling and Quick Response : Intersection of Theory and Practice - Reiner, Gerald; SpringerLink (Online service) (London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Queueing Theory -- Perturbation Analysis of M/M/1 Queue -- Series Expansions in Queues with Server Vacation -- Rapid Modelling in Manufacturing and Logistics -- Optimal management of equipments of the BMT Containers Terminal (Bejaia's Harbor) -- Production Inventory Models for a Multi-product Batch Production System -- Dependency Between Performance of Production Processes and Variability - an Analysis Based on Empirical Data -- Improving Business Processes with Rapid Modeling: the Case of Digger -- Rapid Modelling in Services -- Quick Response Service: The Case of a Non-Profit Humanitarian Service Organization -- Applying Operations Management Principles on Optimisation of Scientific Computing Clusters -- Increasing Customer Satisfaction in Queuing Systems with Rapid Modelling -- Rapid Modelling of Patient Flow in a Health Care Setting: Integrating Simulation with Lean -- Rapid Modelling and Financial Performance Measurement -- Evaluation of the Dynamic Impacts of Lead Time Reduction on Finance Based on Open Queueing Networks -- The Financial Impact of a Rapid Modeling Issue: the Case of Lot Sizing -- Product and Process Development -- A Flexibility Based Rapid Response Model in Ready to Wear Sector, in Turkey -- Modular Product Architecture: The Role of Information Exchange for Customization -- Supply Chain Management -- The Impact of Technological Change and OIPs on Lead Time Reduction -- Global Supply Chain Management and Delivery Performance: a Contingent Perspective -- In-Transit Distribution Strategy: Hope for European Factories? -- Effect of component interdependency on inventory allocation -- Dynamic Nature and Long-Term Effect of Events on Supply Chain Confidence -- Evaluation of Supply Process Improvements Illustrated by Means of a JIS Supply Process from the Automotive Industry -- Information Needs for Decisions on Supply Chain Design -- A Conceptual Framework for the Integration of Transportation Management Systems and Carbon Calculators -- A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Supply Chain Risk.
Keywords: Engineering economics; Engineering economy; Engineering; Operations research; Decision making; Computer simulation; Management science; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Engineering, general; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Simulation and Modeling; Operations Research, Management Science