Operations strategy -- Process types -- Process layout types -- Facility design: supply, capacity and location -- Process technology -- Product and service design -- Process design -- Job design -- Operations planning and control -- Capacity management -- Inventory management -- Lean operations...

Operations strategy -- Process types -- Process layout types -- Facility design: supply, capacity and location -- Process technology -- Product and service design -- Process design -- Job design -- Operations planning and control -- Capacity management -- Inventory management -- Lean operations...

Purpose – To investigate the role of simulation in the introduction of technology in a continuous operations process. Design/methodology/approach – A case-based research method was chosen with the aim to provide an exemplar of practice and test the proposition that the use of simulation can...

Purpose – To provide an example of the use of system dynamics within the context of a discrete-event simulation study. Design/methodology/approach – A discrete-event simulation study of a production-planning facility in a gas cylinder-manufacturing plant is presented. The case study evidence...

Presents a simulation study of the costing of police custody operations at a UK police force. The custody operation incorporates the arrest, booking-in, interview, detention and court appearance activities. The Activity Based Costing (ABC) approach is used as a framework to show how costs are...