...Hector J. Carlo; J. Patrick Spicer; Adamaris Rivera-Silva The design of manufacturing systems is typically decoupled from ordering policy decisions. Traditionally, the system design decision is made to minimize the total investment cost given some system capacity requirements. Then, after...

... product development and manufacturing investment decisions, and clearly illustrates important concepts regarding controllability across conflicting specifications. A high C p indicates that the design or process can consistently manufacture the product within precisely defined performance specifications...