English Steel Plate Mill

T. A. J. Nicholson

Chapter 10 in Managing Manufacturing Operations: Analysis and Discussion, 1978, pp 42-45 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The case describes a steel plant with a series of heavy equipment which is supplying small batches of stainless plate to a wide variety of customers. The challenge is to find a planning framework within which both high utilisation and good delivery performance can be achieved.

Keywords: Steel Plant; Order Book; Spare Capacity; Good Delivery; Yield Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04012-4_10

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