Period Batch Control

PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Outline of production control 2. The material flow system and GT 3. The PC feedback controls 4. Stocks and PBC PART 2: PROGRAMMING, ORDERING, AND DISPATCHING WITH PBC 5. The database for PBC 6. The annual programming for PBC 7. Short term programming for PBC 8. PBC and time constraints 9. Dispatching with PBC 10. Operation scheduling with PBC PART 3: PBC IN PRACTICE 11. PBC for implosive industries 12. PBC in simple explosive industries 13. PBC in complex explosive industries 14. PBC in jobbing factories 15. The advantages of GT and PBC 16. Assessing performance 17. Project management of introduction 18. Conclusion Bibliography Glossary of terms List of acronyms Index