A Comparative Analysis of Master Production Scheduling Techniques for Assemble‐To‐Order Products
研究了四种面向订单装配产品的总生产排程技术，通过仿真比较了它们在订单延迟率、平均延迟时间和库存成本上的表现，发现模块化物料清单在服务水平上最优，超级物料清单在库存成本上最低。
ABSTRACT This paper studies the master production scheduling (MPS) activity of manufacturing firms that produce assemble‐to‐order (ATO) products. It describes four techniques for master scheduling ATO products: end‐product bills, modular bills, super bills, and percentage bills. These procedures are compared in terms of the percentage of customer orders delivered late, the mean tardiness of customer order deliveries, and the total cost of inventory using simulation analysis. The results indicate that the performance of an MPS technique is affected by the level of uncertainty of the end products' demands and the degree of component commonality in the product structure. In particular, modular bills produce the highest customer service level and super bills produce the lowest total inventory cost under most operating conditions. The conclusions also suggest that the choice of a particular MPS technique is often a compromise between the benefits of improved MPS performance and the costs of implementing and executing the MPS system.