Satisfactory Level Of Service Research Articles

Multi-echelon multi-company inventory planning with limited information exchange

Supply chain planning concepts from multi-echelon inventory theory are generally based on some form of centralised planning of supply chains. Those multi-echelon models that do consider decentralised planning, assume complete information and/or a specific single objective function. This paper investigates how multi-echelon inventory theory can accommodate a setting with decentralised decision makers (a supplier and a number of retail groups) without complete information. We present a coordination procedure that does not require the retail groups to exchange demand information, but does allow using opportunities for demand pooling between them. We illustrate our ideas by way of a quantitative analysis of a two-echelon divergent supply chain, with both cooperative and non cooperative retail groups. We conclude that coordination across a supply chain with decentralised control and limited centralised information is feasible by using available algorithms with satisfactory service level and cost performance.

Online Public Access Catalogs: Remote Access and the Invisible User

Looks at the needs to begin planning for remote access to online public access catalogs (OPACs), and to consider the special needs of the remote user – beginning at the institutional level – for example, how well does the campus network match up to the ideal service level of easy access for every faculty member and student? Considers other possibilities, such as dial access, dedicated workstations or local area networks. Makes the point that the existence of the service must be advertised, potential users of remote services are unlikely to be aware of its existence if it has not been advertised outside of the library itself. Document delivery is another important issue that needs to be addressed if the remote user is to receive satisfactory service levels.

Evaluation of Telephone Access Service Contrasts in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Region Versus Southern Region

This paper is concerned with the practical evaluation of the present state, and the future development requirements of telephone access service, for different cases in Saudi Arabia. A general methodology has been derived for this purpose. The methodology is applied to the various urban, semi-urban, and rural areas of both the Riyadh region and the Southern region, and to the whole country level, in order to obtain a comparison reference. The telephone access service contrasts of the two regions have been emphasized, and a future plan for closing the gap between the two regions has been derived using two different development scenarios to achieve satisfactory level of service at a specific target date.

OBSERVATIONS ON ALZHEIMER DISEASE

In both Japan and the United States, families provide most of the care to Alzheimer patients, but in Japan, the patient is more likely to live in a multi-generational setting. Three types of programs are described and compared: support groups, day care centers, and institutional care. Despite rapid growth in services, neither country yet provides a uniformly satisfactory level of service.

Location-Allocation and Optimum Site Selection of Fire Service Facilities: A Florida Example

The study of location is an important area of inquiry. All organizations make locational decisions, although for most the decision simply may be to remain where they are. Many organizations, however, must either expand or contract their number of locations in order to remain competitive or to meet their service demands. This study examines the problem of locating fire service facilities in a rapidly growing region. A model appropriate to the problem is first established and discussed, followed by an evaluation of its application. A LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL. Given the objective of minimizing the cost ofproviding a satisfactory level of service, and assuming that the technique of service delivery has already been determined, three questions must be resolved: (1) what should be the size or capacity ofeach facility?, (2) how many facilities should there be?, and (3) where should each facility be located? The three questions collectively are referred to as the location-allocation problem which asks: how shall one set of facilities be located to serve a second set of needs? (1) There are a number of location-allocation models, each appropriate for a specific task. The one appropriate for the problem discussed below deals with location on a transportation network. A transportation network can be described as a set of nodes or vertices connected by a set oflinks, edges, or routes. A link can be defined in terms ofthe two nodes it connects and the distance and/or travel speed along it. The nodes may be weighted by population, income, or other variables associated with the zone each node represents. Thus, a network summarizes the transportation system and distribution of demand variables in a region. The task is to select the optimum set of nodes that can supply the existing

Characteristics of motorist aid communications systems

The nature and magnitude of the demand for emergency communications generated by users of rural freeways is described. A classification diagram of potential communications systems is presented and a preliminary selection of candidate systems is made on the basis of overall technical and economic considerations. The operating efficiency of the selected systems is analyzed in terms of their estimated detection efficiency and detection time performance. This analysis when combined with system cost projections demonstrates that a one-mile interval terminal design providing two-way voice communication between the motorist and an aid dispatch center provides the best benefit-cost ratio consistent with a satisfactory level of service. The operational characteristics of the selected system are described in some detail.