Material Supply and Distribution - Summary

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Inventory Control

  • Economic Order Quantity/Order Point
  • Independent/Dependent Item Demand
  • ABC Analysis
  • Physical Inventory
  • Cycle Counting

Inventory Classifications

  • Raw Materials
  • Work-in-Process
  • Finished Goods
  • Supplies
  • Fixtures
  • Spares

Independent Demand Scheduling

Deterministic Demand - Finite Replenishment Rate
Economic Order Quantity graph
where:
EOQ = Economic Order Quantity
R = Rate of demand units/year
S = Setup Cost ($)
I = Storage cost per item per year
m = Replenishment rate units/year
Probabilistic Demand

S=uL+R+KsL+R

where:

S=Order Up To Quantity
uL+R=Mean Demand during Lead Time + Review Time
K=Safety Factor
sL+R=Standard Deviation of Demand during Lead Time + Review Time

Dependent Demand Scheduling

Material Requirements Planning:
Data Requirements
  • Master Schedule
  • Inventory Status (on-hand and on-order)
  • Replenishment Lead Time
  • Bill-of-Materials (BOM)
    Bill of Materials figure
Algorithms
  • Backward Scheduling
  • Gross-to-Net Calculation
  • Component Pre-deduct and Kitting
Pull Scheduling/Just-in-Time
  • Kanban-Signal for Work/Outage
  • Dynamic analysis of EOQ model
  • Zero setup
  • Zero Leadtime
  • EOQ=1
  • Flexible Work Force
  • Total Quality
  • Two-pairs of eyes
  • Line Stop
  • Quality Circles
    • Kaizen-Continuous Improvement
    • Poka Yoke-Fool Proofing
    • Pareto Analysis
    • Fishbone/CEDAC (Fukuda)
  • Flat BOM
  • Raw Material & WIP Combined (RIP)
  • Component Post-deduct/Backflush

Purchasing

  • # of vendors/component
  • requirement specification performance/quality
  • receiving inspection
  • scheduling/expediting - stockout/hotlist provisions
  • price/payment terms
  • Receiving
  • Accounts Payable

Transportation

  • packaging
  • common carriers vs.fleet
  • vehicle maintenance management
  • network traveling salesperson optimization

Storage

Facilities Requirements
  • cooling
  • cleanliness
  • humidity
  • proximity
Storage Optimization
  • stacking algorithms
  • simulation


Additional References
  • Babcock, D.L. Managing Engineering and Technology, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 1996.
  • Bedworth, D.D., Bailey, J.E., Integrated Production Control Systems: Management, Analysis, Design, Wiley, New York, 1982.
  • Bhote, K.R., World Class Quality: Design of Experiments made Easier, more Cost Effective than SPC, American Management Association, New York, 1988.
  • Box, G.E.R., Hunter, W.G., Hunter, J.S., Statistics for Experimenters, Wiley, New York, 1978.
  • Fukuda, R., Managerial Engineering: Techniques for Improving Quality and Productivity in the Workplace, Productivity, Inc., Stamford, 1983.
  • Glos, R.E, Steade, R.D., Lowry, J.R., Business: Its Nature and Environment - An Introduction, 8th ed., South-Western, Cincinnati, 1976.
  • Groover, M.P., Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Technomic, Lancaster, 1987.
  • Konz, S.A., Work Design: Industrial Ergonomics, 2nd ed., Publishing Horizons, Columbus, 1987.
  • Lu, D. J., Kanban: Just-in-Time at Toyota, Productivity Press, Stamford, 1986.
  • Peterson, R., Silver, E.A., Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning, Wiley, New York, 1979.
  • Rosaler, R.C., Rice, J.O., Industrial Maintenance Reference Guide, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987.
  • Schonberger, R. J., Japanese Manufacturing Techniques: Nine Hidden Lessons in Simplicity, Free Press, New York, 1982.
  • Taguchi, G., Introduction to Quality Engineering: Designing Quality into Products and Processes, Quality Resources, White Plains, 1989.

Additional References
  • Bedworth, D.D., Bailey, J.E., Integrated Production Control Systems: Management, Analysis, Design, Wiley, New York, 1982.
  • Orlicky, J., Material Requirements Planning: The New Way of Life in Production and Inventory Management, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975.
  • Peterson, R., Silver, E.A., Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning, Wiley, New York, 1979.
  • Schonberger, R. J., Japanese Manufacturing Techniques: Nine Hidden Lessons in Simplicity, Free Press, New York, 1982.
  • Lu, D. J., Kanban: Just-in-Time at Toyota, Productivity Press, Stamford, 1986.


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