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The hierarchical production planning (HPP) paradigm that is used to control production in many industries has been developed and refined during the past century. In this paper, the basic concepts underlying the HPP paradigm will be briefly reviewed and an enhanced paradigm introduced for rapidly changing industries. The proposed enhancements view the decision making as a dynamic information system...