Fundamentals of Production Logistics

Download or read book Fundamentals of Production Logistics written by Peter Nyhuis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, here is what logistics researchers have been waiting for: a book that comprehensively encapsulates for the first time the fundamentals of modeling Logistic Operating Curves for production and storage processes. The text includes information on how they can be derived and calculated based on standard operating data. In doing so, the authors clearly demonstrate the mutual dependencies between the often contradictory logistic objectives, i.e. on the one hand low throughput times and high delivery reliability and on the other hand low WIP levels and high rates of utilization. Moreover, they also explain how these objectives can be improved using the Logistic Operating Curve Theory and why this method thus provides an interesting alternative to simulations.