Behavioral Operations in Planning and Scheduling

Jan C. Fransoo

ISBN 10: 3642423914 / ISBN 13: 9783642423918

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, 2014

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries. In this text, the state of the art in this area is discussed by experts from a wide variety of engineering and social science disciplines. Moreover, recent results from collaborative studies and a number of field cases are presented. The text is targeted at researchers and graduate students, but is also particularly useful for managers, consultants, and system developers to better understand how human performance can be advanced.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behavioral Operations in Planning and Scheduling
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642423914
• ISBN 13: 9783642423918
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 27D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 739 grams

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Synopsis

Human and organizational factors have a substantial impact on the performance of planning and scheduling processes. Despite widespread and advanced decision support systems, human decision makers are still crucial to improve the operational performance in manufacturing industries. In this text, the state of the art in this area is discussed by experts from a wide variety of engineering and social science disciplines. Moreover, recent results from collaborative studies and a number of field cases are presented. The text is targeted at researchers and graduate students, but is also particularly useful for managers, consultants, and system developers to better understand how human performance can be advanced.

About the Author

Jan. C. Fransoo: Full Professor of Operations Planning and Control at Technical University Eindhoven, NetherlandsToni Waefler: Professor at the University of Applied Science, Olten, SwitzerlandJohn Wilson: Professor of Human Factors in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. He was founder and first Director of the University' s Institute for Occupational Ergonomics.