In this paper we address the scheduling problem that comes from an ice cream manufacturing company. This production system can be modelled as a three stage nowait hybrid flow shop with batch dependent setup costs. To contribute reducing the gap between theory and practice we have considered the...

Purpose: Nowadays, the healthcare sector is shifting towards a new management model more oriented to patients. This transformation necessitates the promotion of better coordination among various healthcare services. Consequently, this entails a revision of their Balanced Scorecard framework to...