Purchasing .Fabrication Assembly Distribution Figure 1.1: Multi-Level Manufacturing System for Make-to-Order Products specific resources of a type, i.e., a certain machine or a single worker, the determination of the sequence operations are processed on a ma- chine, and the assignment of start and finish times to operations. We will modify this framework to be specifically suited for multi- level make-to-order manufacturing systems. We assume that the facil- ity design issue is settled, i.e., the location and the layout of the facility as well as the capacity ofthe three main resource types...

Purchasing .Fabrication Assembly Distribution Figure 1.1: Multi-Level Manufacturing System for Make-to-Order Products specific resources of a type, i.e., a certain machine or a single worker, the determination of the sequence operations are processed on a ma- chine, and the assignment of start and finish times to operations. We will modify this framework to be specifically suited for multi- level make-to-order manufacturing systems. We assume that the facil- ity design issue is settled, i.e., the location and the layout of the facility as well as the capacity ofthe three main resource types...

This book is the result of my research perfonned at the University Kiel under the supervision of Professor Dr. Andreas Drexl. I am very grateful to him for suggesting the subject as well as for his guidance and support during the preparation. Professor Dr. Klaus Brockhoff deserves thanks for under- taking the task of the secondary assessment. The Institut fur Betriebswirtschaftslehre in Kiel and especially my col- leagues Dr. Knut Haase, Carsten Jordan, AlfKimrns, and Dr. Frank Salewski provided a stimulating environment. Particularly, I am indebted to Dr. Arno Sprecher and Andreas Schinner....