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An Integrated Process Control System at the Cummins Engine Company

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  • E. Leonard Arnoff

    (Operations Research Group, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio)

  • Eugene B. Kania

    (Cummins Engine Company, Inc., Columbus, Indiana)

  • Elizabeth Small Day

    (Operations Research Group, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio)

Abstract

This paper describes the efforts of an operations-research team working in the areas of order processing and production and inventory control for an engine manufacturing company. Mathematical models were developed and adjusted to the needs of the company. Results were expressed as decision rules, some of which served as tools for clerical personnel, others of which became the bases of logical decisions for an electronic digital computer. Implementation of results was initiated through training of company personnel and the formation of an ongoing operations-research group within the company.

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  • E. Leonard Arnoff & Eugene B. Kania & Elizabeth Small Day, 1958. "An Integrated Process Control System at the Cummins Engine Company," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 6(4), pages 467-497, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:6:y:1958:i:4:p:467-497
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.6.4.467
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