| Preface | xv |
| Acknowledgments | xxi |
Chapter 1 | Manufacturing Planning and Control | 1 |
| The Context for MPC | 2 |
| The MPC System Defined | 4 |
| An MPC System Framework | 7 |
| Matching the MPC System with the Needs of the Firm | 9 |
| Evolution of the MPC System | 11 |
| Concluding Principles | 13 |
| References | 13 |
Chapter 2 | Demand Management | 16 |
| Demand Management in MPC Systems | 17 |
| Demand Management and the MPC Environment | 19 |
| Communicating with Other MPC Modules and Customers | 23 |
| Information Use in Demand Management | 26 |
| Providing Appropriate Forecast Information | 28 |
| Producing and Evaluating Detailed Forecasts | 31 |
| Using the Forecasts | 38 |
| Managing Demand | 42 |
| Company Examples | 44 |
| Concluding Principles | 50 |
| References | 51 |
Chapter 3 | Sales and Operations Planning | 54 |
| Sales and Operations Planning in the Firm | 54 |
| The Sales and Operations Planning Process | 60 |
| The New Management Obligations | 71 |
| Operating with Sales and Operations Planning | 76 |
| Concluding Principles | 91 |
| References | 92 |
Chapter 4 | Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)--Integrated Systems | 93 |
| What Is ERP? | 94 |
| How ERP Connects the Functional Units | 96 |
| How Manufacturing Planning and Control (MPC) Fits within ERP | 99 |
| Performance Metrics to Evaluate Integrated System Effectiveness | 103 |
| What Is the Experience with ERP? | 108 |
| Concluding Principles | 115 |
| References | 115 |
Chapter 5 | Supply Chain Inventory Management--Independent-Demand Items | 117 |
| Basic Concepts | 118 |
| Management Issues | 120 |
| Inventory-Related Costs | 122 |
| Economic Order Quantity Model | 125 |
| Order Timing Decisions | 127 |
| Multi-Item Management | 141 |
| Concluding Principles | 146 |
| References | 146 |
Chapter 6 | Master Production Scheduling | 148 |
| The Master Production Scheduling (MPS) Activity | 149 |
| Master Production Scheduling Techniques | 153 |
| Bill of Materials Structuring for the MPS | 163 |
| The Final Assembly Schedule | 168 |
| The Master Production Scheduler | 172 |
| Company Examples | 175 |
| Master Production Schedule Stability | 180 |
| Managing the MPS | 182 |
| Concluding Principles | 186 |
| References | 186 |
Chapter 7 | Material Requirements Planning | 188 |
| Material Requirements Planning in Manufacturing Planning and Control | 189 |
| Record Processing | 190 |
| Technical Issues | 201 |
| Using the MRP System | 206 |
| System Dynamics | 211 |
| Concluding Principles | 215 |
| References | 216 |
Chapter 8 | Distribution Requirements Planning | 217 |
| Distribution Requirements Planning in the Supply Chain | 218 |
| DRP Techniques | 222 |
| Management Issues with DRP | 233 |
| Company Example | 239 |
| Concluding Principles | 245 |
| References | 245 |
Chapter 9 | Just-in-Time | 247 |
| JIT in Manufacturing Planning and Control | 248 |
| A JIT Example | 254 |
| JIT Applications | 263 |
| Nonrepetitive JIT | 268 |
| Joint-Firm JIT | 269 |
| JIT Software | 272 |
| Managerial Implications | 275 |
| Concluding Principles | 277 |
| References | 277 |
Chapter 10 | Capacity Planning and Utilization | 279 |
| The Role of Capacity Planning in MPC Systems | 280 |
| Capacity Planning and Control Techniques | 282 |
| Scheduling Capacity and Materials Simultaneously | 290 |
| Management and Capacity Planning/Utilization | 295 |
| Example Applications | 303 |
| Concluding Principles | 307 |
| References | 308 |
Chapter 11 | Production Activity Control | 309 |
| A Framework for Production Activity Control | 309 |
| Production Activity Control Techniques | 312 |
| Production Activity Control Examples | 330 |
| Concluding Principles | 340 |
| References | 340 |
Chapter 12 | Advanced Concepts in Sales and Operations Planning | 343 |
| Mathematical Programming Approaches | 344 |
| Other Approaches | 348 |
| Disaggregation | 350 |
| Company Example: Lawn King, Inc. | 355 |
| Applications Potential | 367 |
| Data Issues | 367 |
| The Future | 368 |
| Concluding Principles | 369 |
| References | 369 |
Chapter 13 | Strategy and MPC System Design | 371 |
| MPC Design Options | 371 |
| Choosing the Options | 377 |
| The Choices in Practice | 383 |
| Integrating MRP and JIT | 389 |
| Extending MPC Integration to Customers and Suppliers | 391 |
| Concluding Principles | 393 |
| References | 394 |
Chapter 14 | Advanced Concepts in Material Requirements Planning | 396 |
| Determining Manufacturing Order Quantities | 397 |
| Buffering Concepts | 402 |
| Nervousness | 407 |
| Concluding Principles | 409 |
| References | 410 |
Chapter 15 | Advanced Concepts in Just-in-Time | 413 |
| A JIT Research Framework | 414 |
| Scheduling | 414 |
| Supply Chain Coordination | 421 |
| Production Floor Management | 427 |
| JIT Performance and Operating Conditions | 435 |
| Concluding Principles | 441 |
| References | 442 |
Chapter 16 | Advanced Concepts in Scheduling | 445 |
| Basic Scheduling Research | 445 |
| Advanced Research Findings | 451 |
| Multiple-Constraint Scheduling | 461 |
| Concluding Principles | 471 |
| References | 472 |
Chapter 17 | Supply Chain Management | 474 |
| Supply Chain Management and MPC Systems | 475 |
| Supply Chain Optimization--Examples and Supporting MPC Systems | 487 |
| Enhancements to Basic MPC Systems | 500 |
| Concluding Principles | 516 |
| References | 517 |
Chapter 18 | Implementation | 519 |
| Internal Integration | 520 |
| Interfirm Integration | 530 |
| Transformation | 535 |
| Project Management | 542 |
| Benchmarking and Auditing | 548 |
| Concluding Principles | 552 |
| References | 553 |
Chapter 19 | MPC: The Next Frontier | 554 |
| A Supply Chain Development Framework | 555 |
| Competitive Drivers/Challenges | 565 |
| Cross-Firm MPC Design | 569 |
| Examples and Techniques | 575 |
| Concluding Principles | 579 |
| References | 579 |
| Appendix | 581 |
| Index | 583 |