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Article Innovation, Scheduling, Manufacturing 1 December 2017

PM Network

The Next Industrial Revolution

By Fister Gale, Sarah Today's assembly lines are rolling with change. Whether they produce vehicles, athletic shoes or smartphones, manufacturers are transforming their factories to keep pace with digital disruption.…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Manufacturing 22 October 2011

Job shop scheduling can assist in improving manufacturing budget control

By Mather, Timothy Deane Best route scheduling is an intractable problem, in both the intangible world of mathematics and the tangible world of job shop manufacturing. The contention between multiple jobs and limited…

Article Scheduling, Strategy, Resource Management, Manufacturing March 2006

Project Management Journal

Financial success and time-management factors in a chemical environment

By Smith, Alan D. | Flanegin, Frank R. Because companies operating in the manufacturing industries use financial success factors as important competitive benchmarks, executives working for these companies must ensure that their firms…

Article Scheduling, Decision Making, Leadership, Manufacturing March 1995

PM Network

Redeploying Hanford's metalworking equipment

By Minette, Michael | Miller, Gary As a way of diversifying the local economy after the United States Department of Energy (DOE) ceased plutonium production at the Hanford Site in 1993, an initiative was begun involving Westinghouse…