Ebook: Behavioral Operations in Planning and Scheduling

Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries. In this text, the state of the art in this area is discussed by experts from a wide variety of engineering and social science disciplines. Moreover, recent results from collaborative studies and a number of field cases are presented. The text is targeted at researchers and graduate students, but is also particularly useful for managers, consultants, and system developers to better understand how human performance can be advanced.

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Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries. In this text, the state of the art in this area is discussed by experts from a wide variety of engineering and social science disciplines. Moreover, recent results from collaborative studies and a number of field cases are presented. The text is targeted at researchers and graduate students, but is also particularly useful for managers, consultants, and system developers to better understand how human performance can be advanced.

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Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries. In this text, the state of the art in this area is discussed by experts from a wide variety of engineering and social science disciplines. Moreover, recent results from collaborative studies and a number of field cases are presented. The text is targeted at researchers and graduate students, but is also particularly useful for managers, consultants, and system developers to better understand how human performance can be advanced.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-10
Decision Making in Planning and Scheduling: A Field Study of Planning Behaviour in Manufacturing....Pages 11-30
The Interconnectivity of Planning and Shop Floor: Case Description and Relocation Analysis....Pages 31-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
The Unsung Contribution of Production Planners and Schedulers at Production and Sales Interfaces....Pages 47-81
Collaborative Planning in Supply Chains: The Importance of Creating High Quality Relationships....Pages 83-104
Measuring Supply Chain Performance: Current Research and Future Directions....Pages 105-121
Planning Information Processing along the Supply-Chain: A Socio-Technical View....Pages 123-158
The Planning Bullwhip: A Complex Dynamic Phenomenon in Hierarchical Systems....Pages 159-186
Product Centric Organization of After-Sales Supply Chain Planning and Control....Pages 187-198
Human Control Capabilities....Pages 199-230
Building Decision Support Systems for Acceptance....Pages 231-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Design of Scheduling Algorithms....Pages 299-321
A Comparison of Task Analysis Methods for Planning and Scheduling....Pages 323-338
Allocating Functions to Human and Algorithm in Scheduling....Pages 339-370
Design of Scheduling Algorithms: Applications....Pages 371-412
Case Study: Advanced Decision Support for Train Shunting Scheduling....Pages 413-430
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
An Open Source Encyclopedia and Debating Instrument for Planning Terms: The Hopsopedia....Pages 433-442
A Sample of Hopsopedia Term Descriptions....Pages 443-460
Back Matter....Pages 461-477

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Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries. In this text, the state of the art in this area is discussed by experts from a wide variety of engineering and social science disciplines. Moreover, recent results from collaborative studies and a number of field cases are presented. The text is targeted at researchers and graduate students, but is also particularly useful for managers, consultants, and system developers to better understand how human performance can be advanced.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-10
Decision Making in Planning and Scheduling: A Field Study of Planning Behaviour in Manufacturing....Pages 11-30
The Interconnectivity of Planning and Shop Floor: Case Description and Relocation Analysis....Pages 31-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
The Unsung Contribution of Production Planners and Schedulers at Production and Sales Interfaces....Pages 47-81
Collaborative Planning in Supply Chains: The Importance of Creating High Quality Relationships....Pages 83-104
Measuring Supply Chain Performance: Current Research and Future Directions....Pages 105-121
Planning Information Processing along the Supply-Chain: A Socio-Technical View....Pages 123-158
The Planning Bullwhip: A Complex Dynamic Phenomenon in Hierarchical Systems....Pages 159-186
Product Centric Organization of After-Sales Supply Chain Planning and Control....Pages 187-198
Human Control Capabilities....Pages 199-230
Building Decision Support Systems for Acceptance....Pages 231-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Design of Scheduling Algorithms....Pages 299-321
A Comparison of Task Analysis Methods for Planning and Scheduling....Pages 323-338
Allocating Functions to Human and Algorithm in Scheduling....Pages 339-370
Design of Scheduling Algorithms: Applications....Pages 371-412
Case Study: Advanced Decision Support for Train Shunting Scheduling....Pages 413-430
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
An Open Source Encyclopedia and Debating Instrument for Planning Terms: The Hopsopedia....Pages 433-442
A Sample of Hopsopedia Term Descriptions....Pages 443-460
Back Matter....Pages 461-477
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