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Production Planning and Inventory Control
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Engineering
Undergraduate 3
02/23/2014

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SAP
Definition
Complete enterprise resource planning with material requirements planning, inventory control, supply and procurement, customer relationship management and financial modules
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SAP 3 tier arquiteture
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User pc -> application server -> database server
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SAP 2 tier arquiteture
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User pc -> application and database server
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SAP vs MS Office
Definition
Nothing is saved on the user pc, everything is on a database server available to the whole company
SAP has few delete options
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Production planning and inventory control objective
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Meet customer requirements: time, quantity, quality, cost, place
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Production planning components
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Customer demand planning, material planning, production equipment capacity,labor planning, execute strategy
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Definition and objective of Make to Stock
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Products are made to a predefined inventory level. Maximize fill rate (demand met with the stock)
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Definition and objective of Build to Demand
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Adjustable make to stock, with flutuating levels of production and inventory. Maximize fill rate
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Definition and objective of Make to Order
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Products are made after being ordered. Maximize service rate and minimize lead time.
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Engineer to Order
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Products are designed and produced by specific request. Development phase takes longer.
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Definition and objective of Mass Customization
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Highly efficient production of a large mix of products based on customer requirements. Sum of make to stock and make to order
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Demand Planning
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Development of sales forecast and integration with procurement, productions, inventory and financial processes
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Two factors that cause demand uncertainty
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Seasonality and perishibility
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Three forecasting principles
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Always wrong, always change, the further in the future the less reliable
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Qualitative forecast
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Subject judgements, useful when there isnt data. Survey, delphi, opinion.
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Time series forecast
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Uses historical data attempting to identify trends and patterns
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(Wheighted) Moving Average
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Useful for steady demand without trend. SUM(weight*Demand.i-t)/SUM(weights)
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Exponential smoothing
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Decreasing weight in past data. New forecast = last periods forecast + smoothing constant * forecast error
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Forecast decomposition
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Trend, gradual increase or decrease. Seasonality, change in regular intervals. Cycles, several time intervals. Random variation, unusual changes.
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Trend in forecast
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Can be obtained by regression, can be linear, quadratic, exponential, etc.
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Seasonality index
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Average of several actualDemand/predictedDemand with trend
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Mean absolute deviation MAD
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Module(SUM(Forecast error.i))/n
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Demand planning takeaways
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Critical business process. Use forecast is hard and should be followed and adjusted.
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Equipment, layout, volume, variety, flow, labor and business model of JOB SHOP
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General, departments, low, high, production lot, highly trained, flexibility.
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Equipment, layout, volume, variety, flow, labor and business model of CELLULAR
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Dedicated, cells, medium, medium transfer batch, semi skilled, combination.
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Equipment, layout, volume, variety, flow, labor and business model of FLOW SHOP
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Specialized, assembly lines, high, low, single piece, lower skills, cost.
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Process mapping
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Viasual representation of values stream critical path
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Manfacturing critical path time
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Time from order to the first piece delivery
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Response capacity
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Maximum sustainable rate of production for a product
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Inventory
Definition
Any stored resource to satisfy customer needs. Raws, wip, finished goods, virtual, 3pl inventory
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Five uses of inventory
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Decoupling production, storing resources, compensating uncertainties, gaining quantity discounts, avoiding stockouts or shortages
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Two inventory decisions
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How much to order/produce, when to order/produce
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Six ordering related costs
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Cost of items, fixed order cost, transmission, logistics, inspection and error troubleshooting
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Five stockout costs
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Lost sales, penalties, expediting, loss of good will, loss of market share
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Ten holding costs
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Material price, capital, storage, handling, insurance, taxes, quality, spoilage, theft, obsolenscence
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Inventory planning
Definition
Determine what and how many should be produced and stored
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EOQ Economic order quantity
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Minimize total cost of inventory
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EOQ assumptions
Definition
Demand is known and constant, lead time is known and constant, receipt of inventory is instantaneous, purchase cost is constant, order placement avoid stockout
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Techniques to assure inventory accuracy
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Make it a regular business process, statiscal process control for material counts, train employees, count it.
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Role of railroads
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Modern accounting techniques, managerial hierarchies,
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