Behavioral Operations in Planning and Scheduling

by Jan C. Fransoo (Editor)

Introduction.- Decision Making in Planning and Scheduling.- The Interconnectivity of Planning and Shop Case Description and Relocation Analysis.- The Unsung Contribution of Production Planners and Schedulers at Production and Sales Interfaces.- Collaborative Planning in Supply Chains.- Measuring Supply Chain Performance.- Planning Information Processing Along the Supply-Chain.- The Planning Bullwhip.- Product Centric Organization of After-Sales Supply Chain Planning and Control.- Building Decision Support Systems for Acceptance.- Design of Scheduling Algorithms.- A Comparison of Task Analysis Methods for Planning and Scheduling.- Allocating Functions to Human and Algorithm in Scheduling.- Design of Scheduling Algorithms.-Case Advanced Decision Support for Train Shunting Scheduling.- An Open Source Encyclopedia and Debating Instrument for Planning The Hopsopedia.- A Sample of Hopsopedia Term Descriptions.

492 pages, Paperback

First published July 11, 2011