Lean Business Systems and Beyond

Lean Production Systems for Dynamic Marketplaces.- A Basic Study of Auction-based Planning and Scheduling for Cell Manufacturing.- Sizing of Heijunka-controlled Production Systems with Unreliable Production Processes.- A New Approach for Finite Capacity Planning in MRP Environment.- Preemptive Jobs Scheduling on Parallel Machines with Setup Times and Renewable Resources.- Dynamic Production Management Architecture Considering Preparative Operation.- Planning and Balancing of Disassembly Systems.- Demand Planning & Control – Handling Multiple Perspectives Through a Holistic Approach to Hierarchical Planning.- Review of an ERP System Supporting Lean Manufacturing.- Orders Loading and Release in Flow Shops including Outsourcing Networks.- A Service Oriented Architecture to Support Industrial Information Systems.- Development of Promise Data Structure.- Streamlining Asset Maintenance throughout Analysis of its Usage Data.- Development of an Information-interoperable Environment Based on Open Technologies for Lean Production Systems.- The Operations Excellence Audit Sheet.- Comparing Performance Measures for the Trade Off of Flow Time and Throughput in Complex Manufacturing Systems.- A Method for Measuring Operational and Financial Performance of a Production Value Stream.- Reference Models for Mass Customisation Production of High Fashionable Products: Application to the Shoe Manufacturing Domain.- Lean Manufacturing Systems Optimisation Supported by Metamodelling.- Integration of Factory Planning and ERP/MES Systems: Adaptive Simulation Models.- Using Simulation-Generated Operating Characteristics Curves for Manufacturing Improvement.- Experimental Exploration of Decision Making in Production-inventory System.- Building a Reference Model for the PLM Processes inEngineering and Contracting Sector.- Integration in Manufacturing Systems.- Which Manufacturing Logistics Decisions are Supported by Operational Research? A Literature Survey.- The Selected Problems of Lean Manufacturing Implementation in Mexican SMEs.- Experiences with Lean Management.- Implementing Lean Manufacturing in High-mix Production Environment.- Implementing Lean Management in the Romanian Industry.- Lean Transformation of Multinational Concerns.- Orchestrating Lean Implementation.- Set-up Reduction for Lean Cells and Multi-Machine Situations.- Lean and Self Directed Teamwork-Differences, Difficulties and Future Developments – A Case Study.- Bridging Production Process with Sales and Distribution.- Gathering Production Processes of Services and Goods: Towards the Mixed Enterprise.- A Lifecycle Simulation Framework for Production Systems.- From Order to Delivery: An Integrated Process Approach for Customer Satisfaction.- Lean Information Processing in the Specification Process.- Value Chains.- Exploring Competitive Advantage through Lean Implementation in the Aerospace Supply Chain.- Intercultural Communication Management and Lean Global Supply Chains.- Building Global Workflow From The Scratch.- Review of After-Sales Service Concepts.- Reducing Turbulences in Industrial Supply Chains.- Improving Performance of Supply Chains by Leveraged Hard Solutions and Business Cultures.- Architectural Frameworks for Business Information System Analysis and Design.- The Lea®n Extended Enterprise.- Modelling Demand-driven Chain Networks using Multiple CODPs.- Critical Aspects of Information and Communication Technology in Vendor Managed Inventory.- Hybrid Modeling Approach for Supply-Chain Simulation.- Concept for Quality Control Management Services in Distributed DesignNetworks – Conceptual Paper.- Improving Service Processes.- Need to Develop Best Practices for Business Related Services (BRS).- Lean Healthcare. An Experience in Italy.- Working Time Configuration in Hospitals Using Personnel-oriented Simulation.