Production and Inventory Control Handbook, Volume 1

activities actual analysis application assembly assigned average balance basic bills of material calculated changes chapter chart complete components cost data processing decision demand determine developed deviation dispatching distribution economic order quantity engineering equipment example exponential smoothing factors forecast error frequency function Gantt chart industrial industrial engineering input International Business Machines inventory carrying inventory control inventory control system inventory records line of balance Linear Programming load long-range planning machine manpower manual manufacturing method operations order point order quantity organization output percent performance period personnel problem procedures production and inventory production control production plan punched punched cards purchase replenishment reports responsibility safety stock sequence setup specific standard standard deviation storage subassembly supply Table techniques tion tool units variable week