Engineering Production Control Strategies A Guide to Tailor Strategi
Identifying and customizing suitable control strategies is a challenging task, especially when production systems have to cope with variable demands, forecast error, and unstable processes. The focus of this book lies on helping companies with complex and
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Christoph Karrer
Engineering Production Control Strategies A Guide to Tailor Strategies that Unite the Merits of Push and Pull
Christoph Karrer McKinsey & Company, Inc. Sophienstr. 26 80333 Mu¨nchen Germany Email: [email protected]
ISSN 2192-8096 e-ISSN 2192-810X ISBN 978-3-642-24141-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-24142-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-24142-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2012933113 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Today’s global supply chains are getting more and more complex. At the same time, the demand on customer service and the cost pressure continue to increase. In this challenging environment, production control strategies (PCS) play a major role. They manage the physical material flow on the shopfloor and are therefore a key driver for delivery performance, inventory levels, and ultimately production cost. Identifying and customizing suitable control strategies is a challenging task, especially when production systems have to cope with variable demands, forecast error, and unstable processes. The focus of this book lies on helping companies with complex and discrete production systems to tailor a production control strategy to their needs. Thereby, the mutual merits of “push” and “pull” systems are taken into account, leading to hybrid strategies. Consequently, the book addresses practitioners who are interested in looking behind the scenes and into the physics of production control. A real-life case study demonstrates the practical applicability of the presented framework. I would like to thank the company and the involved managers for enabling this cooperation. Moreover, I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. Hans-Otto Gu¨nther and PD Dr.-Ing. Knut Alicke for their support, our fruitful discussions, and for being inspirational mentors. I would also like to thank my family for their constant support and understanding during the creation of this book. I dedicate this book to them. Munich, Germany
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