Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore what potential benefits may be achieved by
using advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems in the sales and operations …

Goal: This paper aims to analyze to which extend the usage of information technology (IT)
and business analytics (BA) have been explored in the context of sales and operations …

Semiconductor manufacturing is confronted with a large number of products whose mix is
changing over time, heterogeneous fabrication processes, re-entrant flows of material, and …

Due to the complex nature and numerous interacting factors that contributes to the increased
vulnerability of supply chains, traditional methods have been found to be inadequate for …

In this paper, we consider a hybrid 'Make-to-Stock–Make-to-Order'environment to develop a
novel optimisation model for medium-term production planning of a typical multi-product firm …

Traditional sales and operations planning (S&OP) focuses on balancing company supply
and demand, and is utilised utilised to align plans that support a business-strategic goal. An …

We use machine learning to generate metamodels for sawing simulation. Simulation is
widely used in the wood industry for decision making. These simulators are particular since …

Today's business environment is characterized by challenges of strong global competition
where companies tend to achieve leanness and maximum responsiveness. However, lean …

The most challenging issue of today's production management is certainly to manage
networked organizations under an uncertain demand so as to provide a good service to the …

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) paradigm is widely discussed today in virtually all
industry sectors. This paradigm emerged in the late 1980s, and became widespread in the …