An application of master schedule smoothing and planned lead time control

• Main Authors: Graves, Stephen C., Teo, Chee-Chong, Bhatnagar, Rohit
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Production Smoothing; Oil-rig Building; DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98150; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12323
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Make-to-order (MTO) manufacturers must ensure concurrent availability of all parts required for production, as any unavailability may cause a delay in completion time. A major challenge for MTO manufacturers operating under high demand variability is to produce customized parts in time to meet inter...