Planning Stability in Material Requirements Planning Systems

ISBN-13: 9783540430155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 268 str.

Gerald Heisig; G. Heisig

Opis

In logistics systems, the issue of planning stability has attracted increased attention and interest. This analysis investigates the influence of different kind of inventory control rules on the stability of material planning systems under stochastic demand in a rolling horizon environment.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- 2. Material Requirements Planning and Inventory Control.- 3. Nervousness in Material Requirements Planning Systems.- 4. Single-Stage Production Systems.- 5. Product Recovery Systems.- 6. Conclusions.- A. Approximation for Renewal Function M(x).- A.1 Mixed-Erlang Distribution.- A.2 Hyperexponential Distribution.- B. (s, S) Policy.- B.1 General Stability Functions.- B.2 Mixed-Erlang Distributed Demand.- B.3 Exponentially Distributed Demand.- B.3.3 Properties of Stability Function.- B.3.3.1 Simplification of Stability Function.- B.3.3.5 Minimum Stability for long-term Setup Stability.- B.4 Hyperexponentially Distributed Demand.- B.5 Short-term Planning Stability.- C. (s, nQ) Policy.- C.1 General Stability Functions.- C.2 Mixed-Erlang Distributed Demand.- C.3 Exponentially Distributed Demand.- C.4 Hyperexponentially Distributed Demand.- C.5 Short-Term Planning Stability.- C.6 Proof of Algorithm I.- D. Product Recovery Systems.- D.1 (s,S) Policy.- D.1.2 Exponentially Distributed Demand and Returns.- D.2 (S,D) Policy.- D.2.2 Exponentially Distributed Demand and Returns.- List of Abbreviations.- List of Symbols.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- References.