Quantitative approaches in production management

Production Management is still a fast developing application area in Operations Research. Industry 4.0, Digitalization, Smart Factory, Big Data, the Internet of Things and the ongoing trend in production automation and customization of products lead to new emerging challenges and opportunities for OR researchers to develop appropriate analytical approaches for production management. The objective of this special issue is to accelerate the development and application of quantitative approaches for problem-solving and decision-making in manufacturing, its supporting areas and the associated supply chains considering these newly emerging challenges. The special issue will present contributions dealing with quantitative methods and applications for the manufacturing industry with a special focus on multi-level production structures and planning systems, scarce resources, as well as stochastic and/or dynamic modeling approaches. This also includes approaches supporting real-time decision making. Topics that are of interest for this special issue include but are not limited to:  Design of Manufacturing Systems: Flexible Production Systems, Flow Lines, Cellular and Job Shop Production Systems  Performance Analysis of Production Systems  Make-to-Order and Make-to-Stock Production Concepts  Hierarchical Production Planning Systems and Advanced Planning  Production Planning and Control: Capacitated Master Production Scheduling, Lot Sizing  Integrated Procurement and Production Planning  Integrated Production and Distribution Planning  Control of Material Flow: Production Authorization Systems, ConWIP, Kanban  Inventory Management: Safety Stock Allocation, Lead Time Control, Performance Measures of Inventory Systems

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