This paper builds on prior work examining pedagogical strategies for the teaching of OR/MS. In particular, the authors focus on the use of framing as a pedagogical metaframework and extend the repertoire of frames in use presented elsewhere. The purpose of framing and reframing is to improve the understanding of problems and problematic situations by providing a means of developing and synthesi...

in today’s dynamic market, organizations must be adaptive to market fluctuations. in addition, studies show that material-handling cost makes up between 20 and 50 percent of the total operating cost. therefore, this paper considers the problem of arranging and rearranging, when there are changes in product mix and demand, manufacturing facilities such that the sum of material handling and rearr...

In today’s dynamic market, organizations must be adaptive to market fluctuations. In addition, studies show that material-handling cost makes up between 20 and 50 percent of the total operating cost. Therefore, this paper considers the problem of arranging and rearranging, when there are changes in product mix and demand, manufacturing facilities such that the sum of material handling and rearr...

This paper introduces singular mix-valued logical networks and singular mix-valued logical control networks. Via semi-tensor product, a singular mix-valued logical network can be converted to an algebraic form. On this basis, the normalization problem and solvability are discussed. Then, fixed points and cycles of singular mix-valued logical networks are also studied. Furthermore, the optimal c...

. Aggregate planning models as linear program (LP) are formulated in this paper. The uses of models for various examples of production outsourcing and planning the optimal Product Mix are demonstrated. The results of analyzes for different situations are given. The models to solve the problem of optimal Product Mix development, conditions determination under which outsourcing is profitable for ...

The integrated product mix-outsourcing optimization is a major problem in manufacturing enterprise. Generally, heuristic or meta-heuristic solution approaches are used to optimize such problems. Heuristic approaches for these problems include Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Standard Accounting. Sometimes heuristic approaches are inefficient especially in large problems and instead, in these cas...

cell formation problem mainly address how machines should be grouped and parts be processed in cells. in dynamic environments, product mix and demand change in each period of the planning horizon. incorporating such assumption in the model increases flexibility of the system to meet customer’s requirements. in this model, to ensure the reliability of the system in presence of unreliable machine...