Batch processing becomes more important in the process industries, because of the increasing product variety and the decreasing demand volumes for individual products. In batch process industries it is difficult to predict the completion time, or makespan, of a set of jobs, because jobs interact at the shop floor. In this paper, we compare two different methods for predicting the makespan of jo...

Agribusiness industries are facing numerous challenges and opportunities resulting from various fundamental forces. An understanding of the forces that are shaping and shifting the competitive landscape is useful to not only understand the strategic positioning decisions of the firms in these industries, but also the dramatic structural changes that are occurring in the food production, process...