Author:
Hendry Linda,Kingsman Brian
Abstract
A Decision Support System (DSS), specifically designed to address
the needs of small‐to medium‐sized make‐to‐order companies, is currently
being developed. It includes two of the most important features in such
a system. First, it aims to integrate the production and marketing
functions within a firm. Second, it is a hierarchical system which
addresses two decision levels – the customer‐enquiry stage and the
job‐release stage. That part of the DSS developed for the job‐release
stage is described. At this stage the aim of the system is to maintain
low work‐in‐progress inventory levels whilst ensuring that all jobs are
released in time to be delivered by their promised delivery dates. An
approach which uses input/output control is proposed to achieve these
objectives. The major advance of the proposed approach is its ability to
control the total manufacturing lead times of jobs rather than just
considering the shopfloor throughput time.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Strategy and Management,General Decision Sciences
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