The Politics of Lot Sizing

Aaron Paul Blossom
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Aaron Paul Blossom: Department of Management, F. E. Seidman School of Business, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan 49401

Interfaces, 1995, vol. 25, issue 4, 60-65

Abstract: In attempting to implement a simple, computational lot-sizing procedure in a factory producing automobile parts, I met substantial resistance, even though the company is renowned for using high technology in its products. I recommended a multiple-item economic order quantity model but was prevented from implementing it by interdepartmental politics. I realized that people can resist the force of logic, that dividing a plant into functional departments can impede progress, that people with little knowledge of well-established methods have little motivation to adopt them, and that even very small changes can yield large returns.

Keywords: industries: transportation equipment; inventory/production: applications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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