Advances in Production Management Systems: New Challenges, New Approaches

Assessment Regarding Two Negotiated Commitments: Frozen Horizon and Flexibility Rate.- Principles for Real-Time, Integrated Supply Chain Control: An Example from Distribution of Pharmaceuticals.- Capacity Adjustment through Contingent Staffing Outsourcing.- Coordination in Supply Chains: From Case Studies to Reference Models.- Construction Logistics Improvements Using the SCOR Model - Tornet Case.- Interoperability Constraints and Requirements Formal Modelling and Checking Framework.- A Study on VMI-Based Supply-Chain System by Simulation Analysis.- How do the Key Determinants of a Distributed Planning Process Impact on the Performance of a Supply Chain?.- The Application of Lean Production Control Methods within a Process-Type Industry: The Case of Hydro Automotive Structures.- A Data Aggregation Methodology to Assess the Global Production Capacity of Complex Supply Chains.- The Behavior of Suppliers in Supplier-Customer Relationships.- Multi-supplier Systems with Seasonal Demand.- A Concurrent Newsvendor Problem with Rationing.- A Model for Vendor Selection and Dynamic Evaluation.- Customer Driven Capacity Setting.- Decision Making Tool for the Selection of Urban Freight Transport Project.- Making PROFIT at the Intermodal Terminal - A Research Agenda.- The Value of Lead Logistics Services.- Interoperable and Distributed Systems.- High Resolution Supply Chain Management - Resolution of the Polylemma of Production by Information Transparency and Organizational Integration.- Superior Performance of Leagile Supply Networks by Application of Autonomous Control.- Analysis of the Harmonizing Potential of Order Processing Attributes in Spread Production Systems.- HLA Multi Agent/Short-Lived Ontology Platform for Enterprise Interoperability.- Model Based on Bayesian Networks for Monitoring Events in a Supply Chain.- Simulation Model Driven Engineering for Manufacturing Cell.- VirtES (Virtual Enterprise Simulator): A Proposed Methodology for Enterprise Simulation Modeling.- Strategy and Innovation.- Measuring the Intangible Aspects of the Manufacturing Strategy - A Case Study from the Automotive Industry.- Managing Innovation: A Multidisciplinary Scenario Development Approach.- Industrialization and Manufacturing Steps within the Global Product Lifecycle Context.- Analysis of End-of-Life Vehicle Processes: A Case Study in Sardinia (Italy).- Improving Project Control and Guidance Through a Time-Frame Simulation Approach.- Advanced Topics in Project Management Process.- Knowledge Based Enterprise Engineering (KBEE): A Modeling Framework for Enterprise Knowledge Capitalization.- The Knowledge Dimension of Production Transfer.- A Framework for Enhancing Responsiveness in Sales Order Processing System Using Web Services and Ubiquitous Computing Technologies.- How to Foresee and Capture the Effects of RFID Implementation.- Network Compatibility Blocs as Basis of Partner's Selection.- Knowledge Based Product and Process Engineering Enabling Design and Manufacture Integration.- Performances.- Proposal of a Performance Measurement System for Professional Non-profit Service Organizations.- Total Cost of Ownership Considerations in Global Sourcing Processes.- Designing and Implementing a Framework for Process-Oriented Logistics-Costs Measurement in an Automotive-Supplier Group.- Analysis of Quality in Brazilian E-Commerce (B2C).- Implementing Six Sigma in Challenging Times: A Case Study.- Development of Manufacture Support System Using Taguchi Methods.- Integration of Requirements for Performance Indicator System Definition and Implementation Methods.- Innovation Management in European Projects.- Understanding Process Quality in the Context of Collaborative Business Network Structures.- Service.- The Concept of Modularisation of Industrial Services.- A Multi-dimensional Service Chain Ecosystem Model.- Hypergraph of Services for Business Interconnectivity and Collaboration.- Lean First, Then Automate: An Integrated Model for Process Improvement in Pure Service-Providing Companies.- Implementing Lean into a Servicing Environment.- Health Care Provider Processes Analysis.- Networked Service Innovation Process in the Production of a New Urban Area.- Health Care Provider Value Chain.- Contribution to the Definition and Modeling of Service and Service Activities.- A Structured Comparison of the Service Offer and the Service Supply Chain of Manufacturers Competing in the Capital Goods and Durable Consumer Goods Industries.- Business Process Management Systems - Enabling Continuous Improvement in Industrial Services.- A Framework for Product-Service Design for Manufacturing Firms.- Lean Implementation in Service Companies.- Exploring the Causal Relationships of KPIs in after Sales Service Systems.