Freezing the Master Production Schedule: Implications for Fill Rate
通过模拟实验研究了冻结主生产计划对订单满足率的影响，发现冻结部分计划不会严重降低客户服务水平。
Previous research examining alternative ways of dealing with schedule instability has shown that freezing a portion of the master production schedule (MPS) is a cost effective way to reduce instability. While it is often argued that MPS freezing limits the firm's ability to react to changing customer needs, the impact of freezing on customer service is not well understood. We examined the impact of freezing a specified portion of the MPS on the average fill rate under a wide variety of conditions using controlled simulation experiments. The results show that freezing can be implemented without causing a severe reduction in customer service.