Production systems and supply chain management inemerging countries : best practices: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Production Research (ICPR) Americas

The book presents several highly selected cases in emerging countries where the production-logistics systems have been optimized or improved with the support of mathematical models. The book contains a selection of papers from the 5th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR) Americas 2010 held onJuly 21-23 in Bogotá, Colombia. The main topic of the conference was “Technologies in Logistics and Manufacturing for Small and Medium Enterprises” which is perfectly aligned with the realities of emerging countries. The book presents methodologies and case studies related to a wide variety of production/logistics systems such as diary production, auto parts, steel and iron production, and financial services. It is focused but not limited to Small/Medium Enterprises. Focuses on emerging countries in Latin America where companies do need basic research to improve their competitiveness. Contributes to better understanding of production system in emerging countries - Illustrates how different tools as production system analysis, optimization, statistics, among others; helpto improve the behavior of production and service systems. Provides insight to the enormous mixture of production problems in emerging countries - Encourages researchers to work in projects that involve developing countries. INDICE: Preface. Operation Management. Logistics Planning. Production Planning and Scheduling.- Case Study in SMES.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-26003-2
• Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 30/04/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés