Manufacturing Strategies
Various MPS Environments
Priority and Capacity Management Techniques
Inputs/Outputs on different levels of Priority/Capacity Management
Order Point System
Order point = demand during lead time + safety stock
Demand Time Fence Policies
Forecasting Categories
Measures of Forecast Error
Comparison of environments
| Traditional | Lean/JIT | TOC | |
| Capacity Planning | RCCP
CRP |
RCCP | 5 Focusing Steps |
| Order Dispatch | MRP Release | Kanban at Downstream Operation | Pull Signal (Rope) from Constraint |
| Fixed Costs | G&A | G&A | Operating Expenses |
| Variable Costs | Material
Direct Labour Overhead Burden |
Overhead Burden Defined in More Detail | Material
Sales- Commissions |
| Notification of Need (Purchasing) | Requisitions
MRP Orders |
Kanbans | Buffer Management |
House of Toyota
Determining Capacity Available
Elements of Lead Time
Available to Promise (ATP) methods calculation
