Production Planning for Quick Response

Abstract

The concept of quick response through linkage has right fully generated considerable discussion, but to date there has been little action in terms of the scientific design of techniques to implement it. Attempting to force-fit MRP-based planning methods to this problem appears ill-advised and clearly not consistent with the direction in technology towards networks of microcomputers. Our objective in this project was to develop and evaluate several competing approaches to production planning which, in contrast to MRP- based approaches, simultaneously determine both a production schedule and material plan. We conducted the study by developing various scheduling algorithms and implementing them into a prototype interactive scheduling system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1991
Accession Number
ADA242206

Entities

People

  • J. J. Kanet
  • J. S. Davis

Organizations

  • Clemson University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Algorithms
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Gantt Charts
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Lead Time
  • Manufacturing
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Management
  • Operations Research
  • Personal Computers
  • Production
  • Scheduling (Production)

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design