Capacity and Inventory Planning for Make-to-Order Production Systems

Klaus Altendorfer is Professor for Production and Operations Management at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. He received a PhD in Logistics and Operations Management from the University of Vienna, Austria. Stochastic modelling of production systems, production economics and simulation for production planning improvement are his research topics.

• ​Introduction.- Literature Review.- Single-Stage Service Level and Tardiness Model.- Simultaneous Capacity and Planned Lead Time Optimization.- Optimal Composition of Number and Size of Machines.- Service Level Constraint Models.- Conclusion.

From the reviews:“This book comprises a collection of four research papers the author prepared during his time as a Ph.D. student at University of Vienna. … Using simple queueing models, this thesis aims at deriving analytical expressions for performance measures and insights derived from those. It will inspire future work on production control and manufacturing systems design with a particular emphasis on customer requirements. This book summarizes state-of-the-art insights to capacity and inventory planning and will be useful to students and practitioners.” (P. R. Parthasarathy, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2014)