Production economics : issues and challenges for the 90's : proceedings of the Sixth International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Igls, Austria, February 19-23, 1990

Abbreviated Evaluating flexibility of alternative FMS designs: A comparative measure (L. Abdel-Malek, C. Wolf). Costs and benefits of investment in electronic design (B. Chiplin et al.). A DSS for capacity planning of aircraft maintenance personnel (M.C. Dijkstra et al.). Some designing principles of production systems based on field research in Europe and Japan (K.D. Frohner). Optimal prices of a job shop with a single work station: a discrete time model (S.G. Johansen). Complexity index as a base for decision making whether to introduce NC or conventional machines (S. Ramani, R. Venkatraman). CIM networking: promise and problems (C.A. Snyder). Manufacturing practices: differences that matter (G. Vastag, D.C. Whybark). Multi-criteria models for capacity analysis and aggregate planning in manufacturing systems (C. Vercellis). Inventory structure in the manufacturing industry. A cross-country comparison (A. Chikan). Technical audit: How to assess the technological standard of a company (H. Detter et al.) Just-in-time logistics of a supplier in the car manufacturing industry (G. Fandel, J. Reese). Feeding parts to an assembly line by several production units (D. Golenko-Ginzburg, A. Goldfeld). Safety stock optimization in multi-stage inventory systems (K. Inderfurth). Logistics management: A method for evaluation of production-distribution investments (H. Kivijarvi, M. Tuominen). Quality and productivity: The linkage (R.N. Mefford). Simulation analysis of a JIT production line (S. Meral, N. Erkip). The calculation of operational performance ratings (C. Parkan). Empirical study of a new procedure for allocating safety stock in a wholesale inventory system (H. Schneider, D.B. Rinks). Staff oriented simulation of new production systems (G. Zulch). Author index. Title index.